French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Selective financial assistance is awarded to production companies for the production and, where appropriate, development of a programme of two to five short films.

Production companies are eligible when they have cumulatively: 1° Produced at least four short cinematographic or audiovisual works, with the exception of episodes of series, for which a cinematographic exhibition licence has been applied for during the three years preceding the year of the application for aid. Works lasting thirty minutes or more are counted as two works; 2° Obtained at least 35 points on the scale provided for in…

I.-Production programme grants are awarded on the basis of: 1° A quantitative analysis of production activity, based on the following criteria: a) The work carried out to ensure the best possible commercial distribution of the works produced on different media in France and abroad; b) Selections and prizes won at festivals in France and abroad; 2° Secondly, a qualitative analysis of the production activity, based on the following criteria: a)…

Points are divided into five groups as follows: I.-Commercial broadcasting in France and abroad” group: The “Commercial broadcasting in France and abroad” group is allocated a maximum total of 50 points per company, divided between the following items: 1° Broadcasting on television services or on-demand audiovisual media services: a) Where the purchase price per minute in cash is equal to or greater than €400: 3 points per broadcast; b) Where…

Each of the points awarded is weighted according to the following coefficients:I. – Weighting for duration:1° Each point on the scale is weighted by a multiplier of 1 for a work lasting less than 20 minutes;2° Each point on the scale is weighted by a multiplier of 1.5 for a work lasting between 20 and 29 minutes;3° Each point on the scale is weighted by a multiplier of 2.5 for…

Works that have received either pre-production support, financial support for the production of audiovisual works or financial support from the association Groupe de Recherches et d’Essais Cinématographiques (GREC) are not eligible for support for the production programme.

Production programme aid may also contribute, within the limits set out in 2° of Article 411-51, to the financing of the following development expenditure: 1° Salaries and remuneration paid to authors and artistic personnel, for a minimum amount of 30% of the sums in the financial envelope used to finance development expenditure or development aid; 2° Expenditure on the acquisition of literary and artistic rights; 3° Salaries and remuneration of…