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Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on Audio-visual Relations

Key points

MEDIA
Project, irrespective of length and format, produced for exploitation in theatres, on television or for any other form of distribution.

MINIMUM PARTICIPATION
Bipartite:  20%
Multipartite:  20%

SHOOTING AND PERFORMERS – LAB WORK – VERSIONING/DUBBING

Studio shooting and location shooting shall take place within the area of application of this Agreement, but any of the location shooting may be permitted by the administrative authorities of the Contracting Parties to take place outside the area of application of this Agreement if any of the technical aspects of the production or the action of the film, television and video co-production so requires.

Actors, authors, artistic or technical staff members who do not fulfill the requirements of sub-section (1) of this Article, may participate, in exceptional cases and if the nature of the film, television and video co-productions so requires, by agreement of the administrative authorities of the Contracting Parties.

All laboratory work, sound recording, post-synchronisation and mixing shall be carried out in Canada, in the Federal Republic of Germany, in another Member State of the European Union, or in another Contracting State to the Agreement of May 2, 1992, regarding the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement).

Versioning – No specific requirement.

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Important

Please take note that this summary is simply a reference tool and that you must comply with the complete terms of the applicable treaty(ies) (see documents below) and with Telefilm Canada’s Audiovisual Coproduction guidelines.

Treaty

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