French Cinema and Moving Image Code

Selective financial aid is awarded to delegated production companies that, through the use of digital visual effects, contribute to the renewal of visual creation and the enhancement of works on the international market.

The following are eligible for selective aid: 1° Long-length cinematographic works for which investment approval has been granted; 2° Long-length cinematographic works for which one of the aids provided for in the agreement mentioned in article 712-1 has been awarded; 3° Short-length cinematographic works for which automatic production aid, selective pre-production production aid or aid from a local authority has been awarded; 4° Cinematographic works for which aid for the…

Selective grants are awarded to help cover the following expenses, corresponding to work carried out in France by companies established in France:1° Expenses for digital visual effects;2° Expenses relating to the overall additional cost of producing the work induced by 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…

Expenditure taken into account to determine the amount of selective aid is capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French participation.

Grants are awarded and their amount is determined by taking into consideration:1° The quality and originality of the visual proposal;2° The appropriateness of the technical choices relating to visual effects and the artistic project;3° The conditions for financing the work;4° The prospects for distributing the work, particularly on the international market;5° The amount of expenditure.