Section 3: Selective financial aid

For final authorisation, the application must be submitted no later than four months after completion of the work. This deadline is extended to six months when the final cost of the work must be certified by an auditor, and in the case of an international co-production.

The production company has a period of three years from the date of issue of the prior authorisation to obtain the final authorisation.If this period is not respected, the production company is required to reimburse the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée for the aid it has received. However, at the reasoned request of the production company, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image…

The application must be submitted at least one month before the date of the committee meeting at which the production company wishes it to be considered.

The decision to grant aid is taken after consulting the relevant specialist committee.

The production company has a period of three years from notification of the decision to obtain, taking into account its situation or the nature of the work, either a decision in principle to grant selective production aid, or prior authorisation when an automatic account has been opened in its name within this period.Failing this, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may decide, depending on…

For a single audiovisual work, the amount of aid granted may not exceed 40% of the amount of the preparation expenses and may not exceed €100,000.For audiovisual works in the animation genre that are original creations, the 40% limit is raised to 50%. For series, this latter limit applies only to sums allocated for the preparation of the first season.