Difficult works are considered to be cinematographic works for which it is justified that there are particular difficulties in distributing them in cinemas due to abnormal market conditions linked to the significant drop in attendance at cinemas in the context of the end of the health crisis.
Derogations to the conditions relating to the intensity of public aid provided for in articles 221-5 and 221-6 may be granted for these works by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image) at the reasoned request of the distribution company, up to a limit of 80% of distribution costs.
The provisions of this article apply to works for which automatic or selective aid for cinema distribution is requested or granted between 1 July and 31 December 2022.