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

Article 411-88

The beneficiaries of post-production aid are both the production companies and the directors.However, the beneficiaries of the aid are the directors alone when the short cinematographic or audiovisual…

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

Article 422-3

The same person may not simultaneously apply for or receive more than three Diversity Images grants. Companies constituting a community of economic interests are considered to be the same person.

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

Article 411-72

Selective financial aid is awarded for the production of quality short-length audiovisual works in order to improve their financing conditions and encourage their exposure on television and on-demand…

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

Article 411-78

To be eligible for selective financial support, short-length audiovisual works must receive an initial contribution from one or more television or on-demand audiovisual media service publishers.

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

Article 412-7

To qualify for direct allowances, delegated production companies and distribution companies must be established in France and set up as a commercial company.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 433-3

Aid recipients must have at least 50,000 subscribers to a single digital channel at the date of the aid application.

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

Article 611-4

To be eligible for aid for the videographic publication of cinematographic and audiovisual works, videogram publishers must meet the following conditions:1° They must be established in France;2° Their…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 622-4

Selective grants are awarded to help cover the cost of producing cinematographic and audiovisual works using animation techniques, corresponding to work carried out in France by companies established…

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

Article 721-4

To be eligible for aid for the promotion of cinematographic works abroad, companies must meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have chairmen, directors or managers, as well as t…

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

Article 712-4

Complementary aid is awarded to the production company designated as the beneficiary by agreement between the co-production parties. This company must be established in a country located in the Africa…

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