International co-productions access complex treaties

December 14, 2007 Set in China in 1937, "The Children of Huang Shi" (also known as "The Bitter Sea") is a $15 million epic that was made as a Chinese-Australian-German co-production through a complex web of financing. The movie, which will be released in early 2008, tells the true story of British journalist George Hogg, who led a group of 60 orphans on a 1,000-mile trek across China to escape the invading Japanese. While the movie is considered the first official co-production between Australia and China, it was already in postproduction when Australia signed its co-production treaty with China in June.

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