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Article 311-91 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Selective financial aid is awarded to production companies that do not hold an automatic audiovisual production account for the preparation of audiovisual works that belong to one of the following genres:1° Fiction;2° Animation;3° Creative documentary;4° Audiovisual adaptation of a live performance.

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Article 311-92 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Beneficiaries of financial aid for preparation are production companies that, in addition to the general conditions mentioned in article 311-3, meet the following conditions: 1° Be independent of any publisher of television services and any publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services, according to the following criteria: a) The service publisher does not hold, directly or indirectly, more than 15% of the share capital or voting rights of the production company;…

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Article 311-97 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

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…

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Article 311-98 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code

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.

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