Distribution companies may only invest the sums exceptionally entered in their automatic accounts until 31 December 2022. Failing this, the distribution companies will lose their right to invest them.
The period for calculating the sums entered in the automatic account provided for in the second paragraph of article 222-3 is extended by one year for cinematographic works for which this period has expired in 2021 and which have been shown in cinemas after this expiry during the same year.
For cinematographic works shown in cinemas in 2021:1° By way of derogation from 4° of article 222-19, the maximum number of cinemas is increased to two hundred and fifty;2° By way of derogation from 5° of the same article, the minimum amount of final distribution expenditure is reduced to €30,000;3° By way of derogation from the first paragraph of 2° of article 222-20, distribution companies may submit their file to…
Difficult works are considered to be cinematographic works for which it is justified that there are particular difficulties in distributing them in cinemas due to abnormal market conditions linked to the significant drop in attendance at cinemas in the context of the end of the health crisis.Derogations to the conditions relating to the intensity of public aid provided for in articles 221-5 and 221-6 may be granted for these works…
For direct grants awarded in 2023 in application of article 221-14, the ceiling on the total amount of grants awarded to a single distribution company, mentioned in article 221-15, is raised to €237,000 for cinematographic works with a production cost of less than €4,000,000 and to €332,000 for cinematographic works with a production cost of €4,000,000 or more and less than €8,000,000.This article applies to direct grants awarded for the…
Exceptional aid is allocated in the form of a direct grant to help compensate for the drop in activity suffered by programming groups and agreements within the meaning of article L. 212-19 of the Code du cinéma et de l’image animée (French Cinema and Moving Image Code) as a result of measures restricting or prohibiting the admission of the public to the cinematographic establishments for which they are responsible for…
Exceptional aid is awarded either to the legal entity forming the group or to the company leading the cartel, as mentioned in articles R. 212-17 and R. 212-18 of the French Cinema and Moving Images Code respectively.
In order to benefit from the exceptional aid, at least 50% of the cinemas for which the grouping or the lead company of the cartel ensures the programming belong to establishments that are independent of this grouping or this company, according to the following criteria:1° The establishment is not directly operated by the grouping or the lead company;2° The person who operates the establishment is not a subsidiary, within the…
For the purposes of this sub-section :1° The turnover share of the group or the lead company of the cartel means the ratio between the average turnover resulting from the programming of independent establishments within the meaning of Article 919-68 achieved by this group or this lead company over a given period defined in 2° and the sum of the average turnover resulting from the programming of independent establishments within…
For each grouping or cartel, the amount of the direct allocation is determined by applying to the amount of the appropriations allocated to the direct allocations the percentage corresponding to the share of turnover of this grouping or the lead company in this cartel.
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