Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Direct grants are awarded to exhibitors of cinematographic establishments for the programming of arthouse cinematographic works that are not widely distributed and that qualify as “research and discovery”. The list of works qualified as “research and discovery” is drawn up by the president of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée when the list of art house cinematographic works provided for in article D. 210-5 du code du…

Direct allocations are awarded when the following conditions are met: 1° Cinematographic establishments organise an average number of film screenings per cinema equal to or greater than 400 per year during the reference period defined in article 231-13; 2° The distribution index for art house cinematographic works that are not widely distributed and qualified as “research and discovery” is equal to or greater than 6. The distribution index for art…