Canada and India have signed a long-awaited international coproduction treaty for film.

The audio-visual coproduction agreement, allowing producers in both countries to tap subsidies, was signed Monday in New Delhi by Canadian high commissioner in India, Stewart Beck, and Shri Bimal Julka, secretary I&B.

“I was pleased to witness the signing of the audio-visual coproduction agreement, which will deepen the level of engagement between our respective audio-visual sectors,” David Johnston, Canada’s governor general, who was on hand for the signing, said in a statement.

Both partners in the new pact aim for their filmmakers to shoot in either country, and for their national cinema to be distributed in their respective markets.

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