Article 211-1 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code
November 8, 2023
Automatic financial aid and selective financial aid are awarded to support the production and preparation of feature-length cinematographic works.
Automatic financial aid and selective financial aid are awarded to support the production and preparation of feature-length cinematographic works.
The beneficiaries of financial aid for the production and preparation of feature films are production companies.
To be eligible for financial assistance for production and preparation, production companies must meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have chairmen, directors or managers, as well as the majority of their directors, who are French nationals or equivalent;3° Be established in the form of a commercial company with share capital of at least €45,000 and including a minimum fully paid-up cash share of €22,500, when their registered office…
Notwithstanding the provisions of article 211-2 and 3° of article 211-3, public establishments are eligible for automatic financial assistance only. Their subsidiaries that have the status of production companies are only eligible for automatic financial aid if they meet the conditions of article 211-3.
The conditions laid down in this sub-section are checked when applications for investment approval and production approval are examined.
Long-length cinematographic works eligible for financial support for production and preparation are works intended for initial screening in cinemas.
Long-length cinematographic works are made: 1° With the assistance of film studios and laboratories established in France, on the territory of another Member State of the European Union or, when they are made as part of an international co-production eligible under an intergovernmental co-production agreement, on the territory of the State or States of the co-producers. This condition may be waived subject to compliance with the provisions of b of…
The French participation includes all French and foreign financing provided by the delegated production company and the other production companies established in France, excluding financing provided by the co-producer(s) established abroad. This funding is determined in consideration of the stipulations of the co-production contract insofar as they correspond to the size of the contribution made by each of the production companies and the risks assumed by them.
Long-length cinematographic works must meet certain artistic and technical production conditions, determined according to a scale of 100 points established for each type of work.
For cinematographic works in the fiction genre, points are divided into five groups as follows: I.-Language of Filming” group 1° A maximum of 20 points is allocated to the “Language of Filming” group; 2° Points are awarded as follows: a) 20 points when the film is produced entirely in the original version in French or in a regional language used in France or, if at least two different languages are…
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