Canada and South Korea enjoy thriving cultural relations, marked by a shared commitment to the arts, culture, creativity and innovation. This coproduction treaty will replace the memorandum of understanding on television coproduction, signed in 1995. This new agreement will make it easier for South Korean and Canadian professionals to collaborate on audiovisual projects. It will introduce a more modern and flexible coproduction framework that reflects changes in the industry. It will also expand coproduction opportunities by including film and digital media in its scope.
The treaty is the result of an ambitious joint effort between the two countries and continues Canada’s efforts to modernize its international coproduction treaties while building on the recent Canadian creative industries trade mission to East Asia. Once ratified and implemented, it will create new opportunities for the Canadian and South Korean audiovisual industries and strengthen economic and cultural exchanges.
For more: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2026/04/canada-and-repub...
Audiovisual treaty coproduction: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/audiovisual-treaty-c...
Telefilm Canada: coproductions: https://telefilm.ca/en/we-finance-and-support/coproductions
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This is so awesome. We just got done with a massive below the line training in Edmonton with our Stage 32 certification program that was featured in Deadline. We trained 60 assistant directors, production coordinators in production assistants.. It’s now expanding into Calgary. Canada is really gearing up for increased infrastructure for productions. A partnership with Korea is perfect because Korea is making such great content.
It’s great to read this, Debbie Elicksen South Korean filmmaking is some of the best in the world. It’s quite a coup to have this treaty.