Many countries are courting the Chinese film industry and that includes New Zealand. Award-winning Dunedin film and television producer, writer and director David Hay has just spent six weeks in Shanghai to look at co-production and funding opportunities between the sister cities.
David is the first filmmaker to be selected for the Dunedin Shanghai Screen Writers' Exchange, aimed at securing new film and television projects.
Dave's already filmed extensively in China, having previously directed Jackie Chan in the documentary Jackie Chan's Green Heroes. He's got two film scripts on the go, one that he worked on while he was in China but not the one he'd planned to write there.
