Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

The aid application is submitted by one production company or by several production companies acting jointly.

The decision to award a grant is taken, depending on the case, after receiving the opinion of the Fiction Innovation Grant Committee or the Animation Innovation Grant Committee.

The production company has twelve months from the date of the award decision to submit the finished version to the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, together with proof of expenditure incurred.In exceptional circumstances and at the reasoned request of the production company, the aforementioned deadline may be extended for a period not exceeding six months, by decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et…

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.

The grant is paid as follows: – 50% at the time of the award decision;– 50% after submission to the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée of the finalised version of the project and proof of expenditure incurred. When aid is awarded to several production companies, payment is made to the companies on the basis of the agreements between them.