Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Applications for aid may be submitted:1° Either by the writer-director who wrote or co-wrote the script for the short film he or she is directing;2° Or by the production company.

Aid may not be requested for projects for which a decision has been taken not to grant selective aid for the production of short-lived audiovisual works, as provided for in sub-section 5.

The granting of aid is the subject of two decisions:1° A provisional decision accepting the principle of granting aid;2° A definitive decision to grant aid once the amount of aid has been determined.

The provisional decision is taken after receiving the opinion of the relevant pre-production support committee, after consultation with reading committees in accordance with the procedures set out in 1° of article 122-5. Applications for pre-production support submitted for a director’s first short film are examined by the pre-production support commission for first works. Applications for pre-production support other than those mentioned in the previous paragraph are examined by the pre-production…

When the committee gives a favourable opinion, it proposes to the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée that aid be granted in principle.When it appears that the characteristics of the project presented so require :1° The reading committees may postpone their opinion and, where appropriate, propose to the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée that the project be tutored by…

The final award decision is taken after setting the amount of aid, determined after consulting a costing committee made up of the chairman or vice-chairman of one of the two pre-production production aid commissions, four members of one or other of these commissions, and representatives of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée.

The production company has a period of fifteen months following notification of the provisional decision to submit the application file in order to obtain the definitive allocation decision. If it fails to do so, the provisional decision lapses.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…

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.The aid is the subject of an agreement with the production company.

The production company has two years from the date of signature of the agreement to apply for a cinematographic exhibition licence, unless an exemption is granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, taking into account production conditions. Failing this, the aid granted will be repaid.