bangalore the animation industry has asked the information broadcasting ministry to sign coproduction treaties with 30 countries that are active players in animation and graphics india has lost a number of deals as it is yet to have bilateral arrangements with many leading animation players like canada japan china malaysia singapore and korea said the industry in a representation made to the ministry leena jaisani director and head of media entertainment at industry chamber ficci said coproduction treaty has become a prerequisite for any animation player to win a deal and most such deals are done in crosscountry collaboration being under a treaty also means tax rebate incentives benefits revenue risk sharing and sometimes even payback arrangements so its clearly a growth booster for the industry under coproduction two or more different production companies from different countries work together on animation graphic or special effects content for fulllength feature films or television programmes meant for global audiences typically a coproduction treaty encourages collaboration between participating countries and enables them to pool expertise talent technology and share revenues and risks and also open new markets india already has film co production treaties with the uk and italy which may be extended to tv animation gaming vfx and comic sectors soon the country also has coproduction arrangements with germany poland france new zealand spain and brazil however big players in animation like malaysia singapore korea japan china canada and thailand are still left out canada has a booming animation industry and its also nearshore for hollywood so having a coproduction treaty with canada could help india win many bigticket movie projects ashish kulkarni ceo big animation a reliance big entertainment group company said our neighbouring countries singapore malaysia and south korea are already doing a lot of coproduction work with production houses and studios from europe the us and other countries we are denied such opportunities as of now biren ghose country head of animation company technicolor india said animation series are significantly produced in a co production model india can only become a meaningful player if we sign treaties with at least a dozen more countries that are lead players in the space the animation sector in india is expected to cross 20 billion by 2020 and its growing at 20 to 24 annually the global avgc industry is growing at a pace of 10 to 12 and is expected to be around 170 billion by 2013