The long-running dispute between three Steve Jaggi productions - Love in Bloom, Kidnapped, and The Dog Days of Christmas - and Screen Australia over the films' Producer Offset claims has ended after the cases were withdrawn from the Administrative Review Tribunal.
"My prediction is that the next 18-24 months will be something of a bonanza for business with international outlooks and the ability to produce at volume and scale. The flip side of the coin is that solo producers and very small production companies will likely be snuffed out as the domestic market continues to contract at pace."
Claire van der Boom and Todd Lasance are playing a US-based couple whose young daughter is abducted while they are on holiday at an Australian resort in Kidnapped, an unofficial Australian - Canadian co-production.