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WORKING WITH FRANCE Wages of actors are capped at the minimum set in the relevant collective bargaining agreements. Further details in Film France’s Incentives Guide (www.filmfrance.net/taxrebate) OFFICIAL CO-PRODUCTION France provides foreign producers with many co-production opportunities and soft money sources. In 2015, 142 French features were coproduced with foreign companies originated from 41 countries. WHY CHOOSE A CO-PRODUCTION • European co-productions can benefit from the country’s film financing system, notably the French selective schemes (see below), the automatic support for the French producer and distributor (which therefore pushes distributors to prefer French co-productions to 100% non-French films), and coin from French TV channels. Canal + and Free-to-air nets — TF1, France Televisions, ARTE and M6 — must invest a percentage of their annual revenues on French and European films. • Most French regional funds are earmarket for 100% French projects or official co-productions. • Sofica funds (private equity) can only invest into 100% French projects or official co-productions. HOW TO CO-PRODUCE France is party to the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production which enables co-production of feature films amongst members of the EU and some EEA states. France also has bi-lateral co-production agreements with 56 countries, including UK. Other funding schemes are available to feature film co-productions: • Aide aux Cinemas du Monde (selective scheme promoting cultural diversity) • New technologies in production (selective scheme for digitally innovative projects). • Co-productions with Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Canada can also apply to special “mini-treaties” grants. Television official co-productions are less frequent but also possible. TV series such as “Versailles”, “The Last Panthers” and “The Collection” are French-British co-productions. (See below and in the Incentives Guide for more details). QUALIFYING TO THE FRENCH SYSTEM The CNC is responsible for assessing applications for qualification of a feature film or a TV project (i.e. the French citizenship for the project). For feature films: • 2 scales are used to determine whether it is European enough and whether it is French enough. Films must score enough points on both scales. 10 | Destination France / London - December 2016
WORKING WITH FRANCE • When the co-production is made within the framework of a bilateral treaty, the citizens of the other country qualify as European. For TV dramas and series: • The lead producer must be European. • The committee uses one scale to determine whether it is European enough. • A minimum of 30 % of the budget has to be spent on French soil. • A minimum of 30% of investment from France is needed, of which 25% from a TV channel are requested. More on how to qualify feature films and TV projects in the Incentives Guide: www.filmfrance.net/taxrebate PAYS DE LA LOIRE Nantes Poitiers Dunkirk Lille HAUTS-DE-FRANCE Cherbourg Rouen Amiens Caen Le Havre NORMANDY Reims Nancy ILE-DE-FRANCE Brest GRAND-EST Paris Strasbourg BRITANNY Rennes Orleans CENTRE- VAL DE LOIRE Dijon Besançon BURGUNDY -FRANCHE-COMTÉ Limoges NOUVELLE AQUITAINE Bordeaux Lyon Grenoble Clermont-Ferrand AUVERGNE-RHONE-ALPES Biarritz OCCITANIE Montpellier Toulouse Perpignan PROVENCE ALPES COTE D'AZUR Marseille Nice CORSICA Ajaccio 20 km FRENCH POLYNESIA Pacific Ocean GUADELOUPE 20 km MARIE-GALANTE Atlantic Ocean MARTINIQUE FRENCH GUIANA LA REUNION 20 km 200 km 20 km Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean NEW CALEDONIA 200 km Pacific Ocean Key cities in France, just a few hours from London. Destination France / London - December 2016 | 11
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