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Aussie producers in doco co-pro with Beijing Television

Bearcage has signed a co-production agreement with Beijing Television to produce a 2-part doco on Canberra and Beijing.

2013-11-21_0025Production company Bearcage (Building Australia, The Boffin, the Builder and the Bombardier) has signed a co-production agreement with Beijing Television to produce a two-part documentary series The Tale of Two Cities, looking at Canberra and Beijing.

Executive Producer, Bearcage’s Michael Tear, said, “As the first formal co-production between Beijing Television Channel and an Australian company, the project represents an initiative of great significance to both countries.”

Serge Ou, Creative Director of Bearcage, noted that “co-operation between the Australian and Chinese screen sectors is an important step in strengthening the screen industries in both countries.

In A Tale of Two Cities a photographer from Beijing will travel to Canberra to create an exhibition about the Australian capital and its people. A photographer from Canberra will travel to Beijing to make matching stories of the Chinese capital. In the episodes their stories will be blended, giving audiences an entertaining, unique and often surprising insight into these two cities.

Bearcage recently co-produced Story of Australia with CCTV9, broadcast to an audience on 21 million.

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