Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of financial aid for the production of short films and audiovisual works are production companies. Authors are also eligible for selective financial support.

To be eligible for financial aid for production, production companies must meet the following conditions:1° Be incorporated as a commercial company;2° Be established in France;3° Have chairmen, directors or managers and the majority of their directors who are French nationals or equivalent;4° Not be controlled by one or more natural or legal persons who are nationals of States other than European States.

To be eligible for financial support for production, authors must be French nationals or equivalent.

Public institutions and their subsidiaries are not eligible for selective financial aid.