Section 2: Automatic financial aid

Direct subsidies are granted to delegated production companies for the production of feature films or audiovisual works where the use and enhancement of digital visual effects is a key aspect of the production.

The following are eligible for direct subsidies:1° Long-length cinematographic works for which investment approval has been granted;2° Audiovisual works in the fiction and creative documentary genres for which prior authorisation has been granted.

Direct grants are awarded to help cover the following production costs, corresponding to work carried out in France by companies established in France:1° Digital visual effects costs;2° Costs relating to the overall additional cost of producing the work due to the use of digital visual effects, up to a maximum of 5% of the final cost of the work pro rata temporis for scenes using these effects.The final cost of…

Production expenditure corresponding to work carried out in France by companies established in France must amount to a minimum of:1° For cinematographic works: €1,000,000;2° For audiovisual works in the fiction genre: €300,000;3° For audiovisual works in the creative documentary genre: €150,000.

The production expenses taken into account to calculate the direct allocation are capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French participation.

In the event of any difficulty in assessing the nature of the technique used in order to determine whether it falls within the scope of digital visual effects or animation techniques that may give rise to the granting of aid provided for in Chapter II of this Title, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée may consult the Commission des aides à la production d’œuvres…