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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 721-5

Foreign sales companies have exploitation rights for the marketing abroad of at least three feature-length cinematographic works for which production approval has been granted, for all modes of distri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 511-2

To be eligible for aid for the restoration and digitisation of heritage cinematographic works, companies and organisations must meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have chairm…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 821-5

…d heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

…nd b of 1°, making it impossible to complete the work as initially planned, provided that at least 25% of the production expenses have already been incurred. This rate is reduced to 15% when the aband…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-5

Exceptional aid is granted in the form of direct allocations to distribution companies in order to compensate for part of the expenditure they have incurred in distributing cinematographic works whose…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to exceptional support for companies producing and distributing cinematographic works during the period of resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works

Article 914-5

As from 2 September 2020, the rates resulting from the application of articles 211-26, 211-27, 222-4 and 810-1 are determined by taking into account, in addition to the revenue generated as from this…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-5

For decisions to grant pre-production production aid that lapse between 1 August 2020 and 31 August 2021, the extension provided for in the second sentence of article 211-104 is extended to two years.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-51

…t at :- 290.40% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 155.21% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is greater than €307,500 and les…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-5

For production aid before completion granted in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the two-year period referred to in article 411-31 is extended to three years.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 919-5

The authors must have previously collaborated on writing or directing at least one cinematographic work in the documentary genre:1° Released in cinemas in France in 2020 or 2021 or scheduled to be rel…

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