Section 3: Selective financial aid

The amount of aid is equal to the amount of the initial contribution from the publisher(s), but may not be less than €10,000 or more than €30,000, subject to the application of the provisions of Article 411-9.

The same project may not give rise to the award of selective aid and: 1° Pre-production production aid or production programme aid provided for in this section, with the exception of projects giving rise to the application of 2° of article 411-51; 2° Automatic or selective aid for the production or preparation of audiovisual works; 3° Selective aid after completion provided for in this section.

Selective grants will not be awarded to projects that have been refused selective support for the production of audiovisual works.

Selective financial aid is awarded after completion to production companies and directors to reward the quality of the production of short films and audiovisual works.

The beneficiaries of post-production aid are both the production companies and the directors.However, the beneficiaries of the aid are the directors alone when the short cinematographic or audiovisual works have been produced by associations or individuals, provided that these works have been selected or broadcast under at least one of the following conditions:1° Selected as part of a festival mentioned in the list annexed to this book;2° Selected for the…

To be eligible for post-production support, the works must have been the subject of an application for an exhibition licence or have obtained one during the year of the application for support or during the calendar year preceding the application.

Works that have already received:1° either pre-production production support;2° or production programme support;3° or, for works in the creative documentary genre, support for the production of audiovisual works, are not eligible for post-production support.Works produced as part of initial or continuing training are not eligible.