Foreign Productions in Australia: how do they happen?

The Childhood’s End deal spotlights the role of specialised production hunters who snatch deals from the international ecosystem. They are modestly bringing home some very important bacon.
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We’ve come a long, long way from The Magic Pudding, which magically recreates itself. But the sector must still dook it out with the Pudding Thieves to bring in the footloose productions. 

Childhood’s End is settling into an Australian studio, and bringing over $20m into our production system because Brett Popplewell and Jeff Hayes hooked the deal through their production company, HayPop.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.