Overcoming a Bust Up: New Zealand and German producers on queer romance, buddy cops and a 10-hour time difference

New Zealand crime drama Bust Up has crossed continents to land on Germany’s ZDF. Producers from both sides of the coproduction tell DQ how a queer buddy-cop romance bridged a 10-hour time difference to reach two very different audiences.

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