Paragraph 2: Direct grants for the creation of subtitling and audio description files

Direct subsidies are granted to delegated production companies for the creation of a digital subtitling file and a digital audio description file at the same time, and for the adaptation of these files to any digital broadcasting medium to allow quality access to cinematographic works by the deaf or hard of hearing and the blind or partially sighted.

Works that meet the following conditions are eligible for direct subsidies for the creation of digital subtitling and audio description files: 1° Be French-initiated; 2° Have given rise to the issue of production approval during the calendar year preceding that in which the direct subsidies are calculated in accordance with article 211-93; 3° Have a final production cost less than or equal to €4,000,000 for cinematographic works belonging to the…

Where eligible cinematographic works have been produced in a foreign language and have not been dubbed into French, aid may be granted solely for the creation of a digital subtitling file and the adaptation of this file to any digital distribution medium.

The work involved in creating digital subtitling and audio description files and adapting said files to any digital broadcast medium includes:1° Writing the subtitle and audio description texts;2° Interpreting and recording the audio description;3° Mixing and sound transfer;4° Inlaying the subtitles;5° Adapting the digital subtitling and audio description files to the various digital broadcast media.This work must be carried out in compliance with the methodological requirements of the Charter relating…

Direct grants for the creation of digital subtitling and audio description files are subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid.