French Cinema and Moving Image Code

The investment is subject to the issue of a specific investment authorisation, taking into account the sums available on the automatic cinema production account of production companies that are subsidiaries of the production company applying for the investment or on the automatic cinema production account of production companies whose partners or majority shareholders are common to that company. In the event that an initial investment is requested in application of…

Production companies may submit only one application per calendar year, with the exception of applications for additional investment where an initial investment has been made under the second sentence of 4° of Article 211-66.

For a single cinematographic work:1° The amount invested by the production company under the automatic audiovisual production account may not exceed €500,000;2° The total amount invested by the production company under the automatic audiovisual production account and under the automatic film production account may not exceed €800,000;3° The combined amount invested by the production company under the automatic audiovisual production account and under the automatic film production account, and direct…