Derogations from the 50% threshold may be granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, up to a limit of 60% and at the justified request of the production company, for difficult or low-budget audiovisual works.
The limit stipulated in the first paragraph is raised to 80% for difficult works in the creative documentary genre, eligible for selective financial aid for production and preparation, whose final cost is less than or equal to €150,000 per hour.
A difficult work is one that is innovative, not easily accessible or delicate, particularly in terms of subject, format, dramaturgy, direction or production conditions. A low-budget work is one whose final cost is less than or equal to €100,000 per hour.