Financing a film or audiovisual production
In brief
A production company can finance a fiction film or audiovisual work through selective and automatic grants from the Centre National du Cinéma (CNC), regional subsidies or the film and audiovisual tax credits. If your project is a documentary, an animated work, a video game, or relates to distribution and cinema operation, dedicated pages exist. This page lists the other schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
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Grants linked to this need
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Support for the Creation and Production of Audiovisual Fiction Works
Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Support for the Creation and Production of Animation Works
Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Support for the Creation and Production of Fiction Feature Films
Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
How to use the aid for long-form film and audiovisual fiction
Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Feature Animation Development Preparation Support (Bridge Scheme)
Centre National du Cinéma (CNC)
Up to €200,000
Feature Film Development Preparation Support
Centre National du Cinéma (CNC)
Up to €54,000
Audiovisual and New Media Production Support — Fiction (Live Action)
Région Grand Est
Up to €250,000
Audiovisual and New Media Production Support — Live Action Fiction
Région Grand Est
Support for Short Film Production
Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Up to €30,000
Support for Fiction Short Film Production
Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Up to €30,000
Aid for the production of music videos (CNM)
Centre national de la musique (CNM)
Up to €15,000
Support for Animation Project Production
Région Grand Est
Up to €200,000
Screenplay Rewriting Support
Centre National du Cinéma (CNC)
Closes in 8 days
Post-production Support for Cinema
Région Ile-de-France
Feature Film Development Support
Centre National du Cinéma (CNC)
Support for Animation Project Development
Région Grand Est
Up to €20,000
Support for Development of Film, Audiovisual and New Media Works
Région Grand Est
Up to €10,000
Automatic Support or Direct Allocation for Digital Visual Effects
Centre National du Cinéma (CNC)
Up to €500,000
World Cinema Support
Centre National du Cinéma (CNC)
Closes in 12 days
Up to €500,000
Pre-Production Support for Short Films
Centre National du Cinéma (CNC)
Closes in 30 days
Funders keep their French names; each grant page gives the official French title.
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