Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

The application for support is submitted by the delegated production company, up to a limit of two projects per company for each annual session.

The amount of aid is set at €500,000 per project, subject to the provisions of articles 211-20 to 211-22.

Projects are pre-selected by reading committees. The shortlisted projects are submitted to the genre film jury for selection.

The decision to grant aid lapses if filming does not begin within a maximum of twenty-four months from the date of notification to the beneficiary. In exceptional circumstances, and at the reasoned request of the production company, the aforementioned period may be extended for a period not exceeding one year, by decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée.

Aid is awarded in the same form and according to the same procedures as those set out in articles 211-107,211-109 and 211-110.