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317 articles available in total starting from 23/08/2002. Last article published on 19/06/2019.

Sofica: 56 million euros in 2006

Good news for the Soficas (finance companies for the film and audiovisual industry) for whom the total envelope will rise to 10 million euros in 2006, rising from 46 to 56 million. Decided...  

24/11/2005 | Funding | France

A 45-year-old funding scheme

The French funding system called advance-on-admissions created on the 31st of May 1960 and handled by the Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) is about to turn 45. For 45 years, 1885 films...  

26/05/2005 | Funding | France

An opening for non-European companies

The French Cultural Affairs Secretary, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres makes another move to confirm the Government’s commitment to open film funds to non-European countries. However, he specifies that...  

05/04/2005 | Funding | France

Opening to non-Europeans?

New episode in the controversy surrounding Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s A Very Long Engagement which started stormy discussions regarding access conditions of non-European companies to the Automatic Fund...  

17/01/2005 | Funding | France

American Trojan horse?

The row sparked off this summer by the “Jeunet-2003 production affair” doesn’t seem to coming to a resolution. The film Un long dimanche de fiançailles is significantly funded by Warner, but with...  

17/12/2003 | Funding | France

The SOFICAS are back

After a troubling period, the SOFICAS (Companies for the funding of the cinema and audiovisual industry) are back on the scene. 2002 saw the disappearance of Gimages and Studio Images (linked to...  

12/12/2003 | Funding | France

New box office advances

Seven new films have been added to the list of films receiving box office advances in 2003. And in the meantime the director general of the National Film Centre (CNC), David Kessler, has also...  

26/11/2003 | Funding | France

Tax Credits: instructions for use

The fine details of the new legislation on tax credits supporting French cinema, launched on November 14, have finally been unveiled. The system will start on January 1, 2004 and is for films that...  

18/11/2003 | Funding | France

A question of chronology

If, on the one hand there’s a big growth in DVDs, on the other hand television is registering a drop in audience, and film producers are concerned about the knock on effects, given that French...  

04/11/2003 | Funding | France

The CNC autumn grants

A new series of financial awards has been agreed by the Centre National de la Cinématographie, following its meetings held in September and October. As far as production is concerned, the...  

30/10/2003 | Funding | France

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