Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

The application for support is submitted by the author or jointly by the two authors.

The decision to award a grant is taken on the advice of the Commission des aides au parcours d’auteur, after consultation with reading committees in accordance with the procedures set out in 1° of article 122-5.

Aid is awarded in the form of a grant.It may also be decided that the author(s) of the project will be mentored by a member of the committee.

The amount of the grant is set at €20,000.When the application is submitted by two authors, the amount of the grant is shared as agreed between them.The grant is paid in a single instalment at the time of the award decision.

The beneficiary or beneficiaries of aid have a period of one year from the date of the award decision to provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée with proof of the progress of the project.In exceptional circumstances and at the reasoned request of the beneficiary or beneficiaries, the aforementioned period may be extended by a period not exceeding six months, by decision of the President of the…

If an author is refused support, he or she may submit a new application from 1 January of the year following the year of the refusal decision.