Canada has yet to conclude an official film and TV coproduction agreement with India, despite long-standing negotiations.

But an update from Heritage Canada indicates Ottawa is also in discussions with Australia, New Zealand, Luxembourg and Switzerland on adding to, or amending, existing coproduction treaties.

The treaties with Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland are only for film and TV, for example, and not for digital content.

As Ottawa eyes closer coproduction ties with Australia and New Zealand, indie producers from those two countries for the first time attended Producers Lab Toronto at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013.

By contrast, Canada, while seeing its filmmakers routinely shoot films in India, and Bollywood directors use Canadian cities like Vancouver and Toronto as locales for their own movies, has yet to conclude a treaty coproduction with Mumbai.

Canada in 2010 first signed an initial memorandum of understanding on cultural cooperation with India to showcase Canadian movies in India, and Bollywood films in Canada.

In March 2013, Ottawa announced it had implemented a new policy on audiovisual treaty coproductions and continuing coproduction treaty negotiations with interested foreign partners.

“We are not in a position to discuss the status of the audiovisual coproduction treaty negotiations until they are announced,” Heritage Canada said in a statement.