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

Article 432-5

The amount of aid may not exceed €30,000 when it is awarded under 1° of article…

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

Article 432-7

…432-1, the supporting documents mentioned on the list appended to this…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Consultative Commission

Article 434-1

The Commission des aides à la création et à la diffusion sur les plateformes numériques is made up of ten members, including a chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.

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

Article 441-3

…of 52 minutes or less broadcast on a television service or made available to the public on an on-demand audiovisual media service during the ten years preceding the application;d) Writing or directing…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 411-9

…cinematographic or audiovisual work may not:1° Exceed 80% of the final production cost of this work and, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French participation;2° Have the effe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-12

Short-length cinematographic works are made with the assistance of film studios and laboratories established in France, on the territory of another Member State of the European Union or, when they are…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-16

The application for investment approval must be submitted before filming begins.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for script rewriting

Article 411-32

Screenplay rewriting grants are awarded in the cases provided for in 2° and 3° of article…

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

Article 411-92

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.When aid is awarded jointly to a production company and a director, a fraction equal to at least 30% of the amount is paid to the director, without prejudice…

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

Article 421-14

Production companies must:1° Have signed an audiovisual production contract with one or more authors;2° Make a personal contribution to financing the development of the project, by making a cash contr…

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