Chapter I: Financial aid for the production and preparation of feature films

In return for the granting of aid for the production and preparation of long-term cinematographic works, production companies ensure the preservation of these works to enable them to be exploited on a long-term basis, consistent with their heritage vocation. To this end, production companies must provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée with a contract signed with a technical service provider to guarantee the security of the…

The condition set out in Article 211-15 does not apply where, in the context of an international co-production, the production company holds only a minority share of the property rights in the cinematographic work and there is an obligation in the country of the majority co-producer to legally deposit cinematographic works or an obligation in lieu thereof to which it is subject.