Article 412-2 of the French Cinema and Moving Image Code
November 7, 2023
Direct subsidies are granted to support the programming of short-lived cinematographic and audiovisual works in cinemas.
Direct subsidies are granted to support the programming of short-lived cinematographic and audiovisual works in cinemas.
Direct grants are awarded for the showing of short cinematographic and audiovisual works in cinemas. Direct grants are awarded either for a specific work or for a programme of works made up of several short cinematographic and audiovisual works, known as a “short programme”.
I.-When direct grants are awarded for a specific work, this work must: 1° Not be a music video or a series episode; 2° Not have been produced as part of an initial or further training course; 3° Have obtained a cinematographic exhibition permit less than seven years before the planned screening date; 4° Have obtained the broadcasting approval provided for in article 412-8.
When direct allocations are granted for a programme of short films, this programme must comprise, for at least 60% of its screening time: 1° Short-length cinematographic works meeting the conditions of I of article 412-4; 2° Short-length audiovisual works meeting the conditions set out in II of article 412-4.
The beneficiaries of direct subsidies are, on the one hand, the companies that produced the works and, on the other, the companies that distribute them to cinemas.
To qualify for direct allowances, delegated production companies and distribution companies must be established in France and set up as a commercial company.
For broadcasting approval and payment of direct subsidies, the delegated production company or companies and the distribution company or companies must jointly submit the application file before the first commercial showing of the work or programme in cinemas.
The amount of direct allocations is calculated once a year by applying a flat rate of 57 euro cents per paid admission, corresponding to the screening of the work or programme, made during the calendar year preceding the one during which this calculation is made, as soon as the total number of admissions made during this calendar year reaches the threshold of 1,500.Admissions are taken into account for a period…
Direct allocations are paid during the first half of each year:1° To delegated production companies, 70% of the amount. Where there is more than one delegated production company, payment is made on the basis of the agreements between them;2° To distribution companies, 30% of the amount. If there is more than one distribution company, the payment is made on the basis of the agreements between them.
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