AIDE AUX CINEMAS DU MONDE (World Cinema Support) 09/05/2018 AIDE AUX CINEMAS DU MONDE (World Cinema Support) A new French scheme to help films from around the world ! Cinelink, Sarajevo Film festival, July 12th 2012 Mr Michel Plazanet, Deputy head of International affairs, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) michel.plazanet@cnc.fr

Main features (1) New fund to encourage international coproduction and cultural diversity Set up by i.) Ministry for Culture and Communication and ii.) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Managed by CNC & Institut français Takes over from Fonds Sud and Aide aux films en langue étrangère  Single point of entry to help filmmakers’ projects from around the world

Main features (2) Selective fund for : - production - post-production  2012 total budget: € 6 Million  4 or 5 selection rounds/year  40 to 60 projects supported/year  Compatible with foreign funds and other French support schemes (except for « avance sur recettes » and TRIP)

09/05/2018 Goals  Facilitate cooperation between foreign directors and French producers  Make such partnerships more open and financially attractive  Encourage co-productions (France has > 50 co-production agreements)  Give priority to countries that have signed the 2005 UNESCO convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions (120 countries at mid-2012)

Selection process Committee of 13 international French-speaking experts (producers, directors, distributors, exporters, critics…) chaired by Ms. Dora Bouchoucha in 2012 2 sub-committees (“collèges”) 1st sub- / for directors’ 1st or 2nd feature films 2nd sub- / for more experienced directors  3 selection stages - reading committee (pre-selection) - plenary committee (final choice) - assessment committee (sets the amount)

Aid amount Maximum amount : * € 250,000 for production * € 50,000 for post-production Capped at 50% of French financing part Raised to 80% if : director’s 1st or 2nd feature film or: budget lower than € 1,250,000 or: co-production with low-income territories (list of 125 countries, mostly in Africa, Asia and Oceania)

Eligibility conditions (1) All countries eligible  Only feature films for cinema (not TV)  Fiction, documentary, animation  Co-production between a company established in France and a foreign company  Non-French director (exceptions may apply)  Shooting location : mainly outside France

Eligibility conditions (2) Shooting language (official or in use): * in director’s home country * or in shooting country Application submitted before the shooting Provide proof of : * copyright ownership * coproduction agreement NB : postproduction Only for projects rejected in plenary committee

Spending obligations   At least 50% of aid amount must be spent by French production company  When film coproduced with one of the least developed countries: 25 % of aid amount must be spent in this country, to help structure its cinema industry  If budget > € 2,500,000  “CNC “agrément” (approval) required = necessity of a substantial French input

Payment Subsidy always paid to the French co-producer Terms of payment fixed in a convention with the CNC  Payment in three steps: * 30% when convention is signed * 40% after 1st shooting week * 30% when spending obligations are fulfilled and justified

Statistics (1) 1st session (call for entry: May 2012) 81 eligible projects (1st collège: 54 ; 2nd collège: 27) A well-balanced geographical distribution : Africa : 16 Latin America : 15 Western Europe : 14 Central and Eastern Europe : 14 Near and Middle East : 12 Asia : 10 90% fiction; 8% documentary; 2% animation

Statistics (2) Average budget: €1,2 M 1st session (call for entry: May 2012) Average budget: €1,2 M (1st collège: € 0,9 M ; 2nd collège: € 1,8 M) 11 films under € 500,000 36 films between € 500,000 and € 1 M 17 films between € 1 M and € 1.5 M 7 films between € 1.5 M and € 2 M 5 films between € 2 M and € 2.5 M 5 films over € 2.5 M (only 2nd collège)

Statistics (3) Results of the reading committees : 1st session (call for entry: May 2012) Results of the reading committees : 33 projects to be examined by the plenary committee in July (1st collège: 18; 2nd collège: 15) Western Europe : 8 Latin America : 7 Africa : 5 Near and Middle East : 5 Central and Eastern Europe : 4 Asia : 4

Statistics (4) 2nd session (call for entry: June 2012) 68 eligible projects (1st collège: 48 ; 2nd collège: 20) (fiction: 60 ; documentary: 6; animation: 2) Africa : 20 Western Europe : 15 Latin America : 11 Central and Eastern Europe : 9 Near and Middle East : 6 Asia: 4 Northern America: 3 Reading committees in September

How to apply ? French co-producer applies online => www.cnc.fr/web/fr/cinemas-du-monde Next calls for entry : => 3rd session : 27 Aug. to 7 Sept. 2012 => 4th session : 22 to 31 Oct. 2012 For each session, up to 50 applications/collège accepted

How to apply ? (2) Main documents required: full script (in French) synopsis director's statement filmography of the director and producer(s) copy of co-production contract (if adaptation) copyright transfer agreement projected budget financial plan

We are looking forward to supporting your projects! Good luck ! We are looking forward to supporting your projects!

Contacts Ms. Jacqueline Ada Ms. Nathalie Streiff +33 1 44 34 38 17 jacqueline.ada@cnc.fr Ms. Magalie Armand +33 1 44 34 38 82 magalie.armand@cnc.fr Mr Saâd Ramdane + 33 1 44 34 38 80 saad.ramdane@cnc.fr www.cnc.fr Ms. Nathalie Streiff +33 1 53 69 39 79 nathalie.streiff@institutfrancais.com www.institutfrancais.com