French Cinema and Moving Image Code

To be eligible for direct benefits, authors must be French nationals or assimilated.

The authors must have previously collaborated on the production of at least one feature film, documentary or animated film that meets the following conditions:1° It must have been released in cinemas in France during the year preceding the application;2° It must have been produced under production conditions that enabled production approval to be granted or distribution approval to be granted;3° It must have had a final production cost of less…

Projects for original French-language works or, if at least two different languages are used, works in which French or a regional language used in France is the most widely used language, are eligible for direct subsidies.However, this condition does not apply to projects for fictional works based on operas and produced in the language of the libretto, projects for documentary works produced in a language whose use is justified by…

Project development grants may not be combined with selective screenwriting grants.The same author may not receive more than one project development grant per calendar year.

Direct grants for the development of projects are awarded in addition to the selective grants awarded pursuant to article 212-41 of which they constitute an accessory.

Direct grants are awarded to help finance development costs other than writing, rewriting, rights acquisition and, for works in the animation genre, graphic design.