Direct grants, which may be accumulated, are awarded when the project meets the following conditions:
1° The project is developed jointly by at least two production companies, each meeting the conditions set out in articles 212-17 and 212-42 ;
2° The project involves a director who has never made a feature-length film and a production company that has produced no more than two feature-length films for which investment approval or, if this is not requested, production approval has been granted.
The director and the production company have produced and directed together, in the three years preceding the application for aid, at least one short film that has been the subject of a contract for the purchase of broadcasting rights concluded with a television service publisher or that has been selected at a festival mentioned on the list provided for in Article 212-21;
3° The project includes the creation of original music.