IFG Signs Deal with FARMkids

SYDNEY, July 2:
International Film Group (IFG) has inked an exclusive deal with FARMkids to
serve as its sales agent in Asia Pacific, as well as a co-production and
executive-producer agreement with The Creative Farm.

IFG will be working with
The Creative Farm to produce and market original animated properties such as Big
Fun Mega Happy Pet Land and Cow
Cops, as well as reality-based and
format concepts. Further details of series development and acquisitions will be
announced at a later date.

Meanwhile, IFG completed
its first deal under the FARMkids agreement, with Australia’s ABC1 taking on
the FARMkids 3-D CGI-animated series.

IFG’s CEO, Jennifer
Hughes, commented, “IFG is committed to representing the best of Australian
content in the domestic and international marketplace, and bringing both
FARMkids’ and The Creative Farm’s slate of programming to the market certainly
meets that criteria.”

“The Creative Farm and the
FARMkids catalogue of programming is fresh and clever, and truly showcase the
caliber of creative talent within Australia,” added Catherine Nebauer, the
executive producer for IFG.

“IFG’s representation of
The Creative Farm’s original content gives us unprecedented access to the
global television marketplace,” said Ian Jones, the executive producer for both
FARMkids and The Creative Farm. “We are confident that IFG will bring our
unique and state-of-the-art productions to an increasingly global audience.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski