Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Selective financial aid is awarded prior to production for the production of feature-length cinematographic works.

The following works are eligible for pre-production production support:1° They meet the general conditions laid down in sub-section 2 of section 1 of this chapter;2° They are original French-language works or, if at least two different languages are used, works in which French or a regional language in use in France is the language used most often. However, this condition does not apply in the case of fictional works taken…

Pre-production production grants are awarded on the basis of the nature of the subject and the characteristics, qualities and production conditions of the works.