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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 421-5

The decision to grant aid is taken after consultation with the Commission for Documentary Innovation. In the case of grants for writing and grants for enhanced development, the Commission is consulted…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-50

If the production company has never received production programme support, the committee may propose to the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée that project development sup…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-52

The aid is the subject of an agreement concluded with the production company. This agreement provides in particular for the possibility, in the light of the actual implementation of the programme, of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-53

The sums requested are paid as follows: 1° For the financing of the production of a work: the sum requested is paid in two instalments. The first instalment, which may not exceed 85% of the total amou…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-55

For each work in the programme, the production company has :1° A period of two years from the date of the first payment for the financing of its production to apply for or obtain a cinematographic rel…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-51

The aid is allocated for the entire programme in the form of a financial envelope, the amount of which is used by the beneficiary for the production or development of the works making up the programme…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 511-11

Depending on the artistic and heritage interest of the project, the economic conditions under which it is carried out, the prospects for distribution of the film and the form of aid, the amount of aid…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 511-10

Before making a decision to award a grant, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may call on individuals recognised for their expertise in the conservation, restoration an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 511-12

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant, an advance or both.The choice of the form of aid and any resulting split between grant and advance are determined according to the characteristics of the wor…

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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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