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Sources of finance for the Australian documentary slate in Australia, Canada and France (not including titles made in-house by TV broadcasters)

Government sources (excluding public broadcasters) provide the highest proportion of funding to the annual documentary slates in Australia and Canada (50 per cent and 34 per cent of the slate respectively), and the second highest in France (19 per cent), where producers provide around the same proportion.

The largest contribution to the French slate comes from broadcasters (including public broadcasters) – 44 per cent, compared to 30 per cent in Canada and 23 per cent in Australia. Australia has the highest level of foreign finance – 14 per cent, compared to 11 per cent in Canada and 7 per cent in France.

Sources of finance for documentary slate (% share)

Source:
Australia: Screen Australia, eight-year average 1999/00 to 2006/07.
Canada: Getting Real Volume 2, 2004 and Volume 3, 2007, Documentary Organisation of Canada, CFTPA Profile 2005 and 2006, ten-year average 1996/97 to 2005/06.
France: CNC Results May 2008, ten-year average 1998 to 2007.

Notes:
Includes Screen Australia estimates.
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding.