ScreenSingapore, which has its inaugural outing in June, has already selected one title for its 2012 edition, the Australian-shot Bait 3D. The film was produced with assistance from Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) under its International Film Fund, which has just opened its latest worldwide call for proposals.
The fund, basically worth up to S$5 million (NZ$5.2 million) a pop, is designed to encourage Singaporean participation in international projects. NZ has had a co-production treaty with Singapore since 2004, although Peter Burger’s The Tattooist (2007) is the only film made under that arrangement to date.
