Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

In order to encourage the resumption of filming of cinematographic or audiovisual works, a compensation fund is set up to contribute, through the payment of financial aid to delegated production companies, to the cost of losses linked to the covid-19 epidemic, leading, until 31 March 2023, to the interruption, postponement or abandonment of film shoots taking place on national territory or, under the conditions set out in the seventh paragraph…

A delegated production company wishing to receive assistance from the compensation fund in the event of an incident during filming must have joined the fund prior to the incident and any request for assistance.To this end, the delegated production company fills in, electronically, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, accompanied by the insurance contract it has taken out for the work concerned,…

In order to be eligible for support from the compensation fund, delegated production companies must meet the eligibility conditions laid down, depending on the case, for the award of financial support for the production of feature films, the production of audiovisual works or the production of short films or audiovisual works.

The cinematographic or audiovisual works for which the occurrence of a loss may give rise to the allocation of aid from the compensation fund meet the following conditions:1° Be eligible, depending on the case, for financial aid for the production of feature-length cinematographic works, the production of audiovisual works or the production of short-length cinematographic or audiovisual works;2° Be produced :a) Either solely by one or more production companies established…

Assistance from the compensation fund is granted:1° When the interruption in the filming of a cinematographic or audiovisual work is the direct result of one of the following events:a) One or more persons essential to the filming of the work, as designated in the insurance contract, are affected by the covid-19 virus;b) The stoppage of all or part of the production team due to cases of the covid-19 virus in…

The amount of the additional cost incurred by the interruption, postponement or abandonment referred to in article 913-5, borne by the delegated production company, is determined by the expert appointed by the production company in the form referred to in article 913-2, by reference, as appropriate, to the expenses covered by the insurance contract taken out for the work concerned either under the guarantee relating to the unavailability of persons,…

The amount of aid from the compensation fund is equal to the amount of the additional cost after application of an excess to be borne by the delegated production company.The excess corresponds to 15% of the additional cost, but must not exceed 1% of the insured capital of the work concerned as shown in the insurance contract and must be less than:1° For cinematographic works, €5,000;2° For audiovisual works belonging…

If the first day of filming is interrupted, postponed or abandoned between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2023 inclusive, the amount of aid resulting from the provisions of article 913-7, including the additional aid paid for the expert’s remuneration, is reduced by 25%.

The delegated production company may receive several grants from the compensation fund when the filming of the same work gives rise either to several interruptions or several postponements, or to a combination of the cases mentioned in article 913-5. The total cumulative duration of the interruption or postponement of filming may not exceed the maximum duration set in the last paragraph of article 913-6. The total amount of additional cost…

In order to receive assistance from the compensation fund, the delegated production company must complete and submit, electronically by 31 May 2023 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, together with all the documents required to determine the additional cost. The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée will provide the expert with the aforementioned form and documents.For works…