Only six films have been produced as official Australian-Chinese co-productions since the treaty came into effect in 2008, a state of arrested development which Mark Lazarus aims to change.
While the official co-production treaty between Australia and China entered into force in 2008, only a handful of official co-productions have been made so far.
Australia and Malaysia have finalised a bilateral film co-production agreement, paving the way for producers in both countries to collaborate more closely on projects for the big and small screen.
Development may count for the first time towards the points test to determine whether film and TV drama projects qualify as international co-productions.
Screen Australia has responded to industry concerns that the rules for official co-productions are overly complex and inflexible.
Sci-fi feature Iron Sky has raised 500,000 euros in crowd-sourced funding ahead of next year's release
A European Court of Justice ruling may threaten traditional territory-by-territory sales to countries within the European Union