2nd from left: French Amb. Gilles Garachon from right Frank Priot Film France Deputy Director COO, Martin Macalintal French Audio Visual Attaché (Phl) and Jeremy Segay French Audio Visual Attaché (Taiwan). Pic was taken at the International Film Expo last September 6, 2013. Mr. Priot was able to give a talk on the effects of new technology on the film industry. Photo by Jude Bautista
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By Jude Bautista
Have the chance to get your film projects funded. Julien Enzano of CNC is presenting the mechanics of the World Cinema Support Fund at the Alliance Française de Manille on Tuesday evening November 26, 2013 6pm.
Le Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée or CNC (the National Center of Cinematography and the moving image) is a French agency of the Ministry of Culture, responsible for the production and promotion of cinematic and audiovisual arts in France, is a publicly owned establishment, with legal and financial autonomy.
From the CNC website:
The World Cinema Support (“Aide aux cinémas du monde”) is a new fund dedicated to international co-productions. Jointly created by the Ministry for Culture and Communication and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, it is managed by the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC) and the Institut français.
This is a selective fund, and is granted as a subsidy either before or after completion of a project. It is granted to foreign feature-length film projects that are seeking support from French co-producers.
In 2012, it has a total budget of 6 million euros. Each year, 4 or 5 sessions will be organized, thereby supporting 40 to 60 projects.
Eligibility
The film must be a co-production between a production company established in France and one that is not, it must be directed by a non-French (or exceptionally French) director, and must be shot abroad.
The language in which it is filmed may be the official or commonly-used language(s) of the foreign country of which the director is a national; it may also be the language(s) of the territory where the film is shot.
Pre-filming subsidies must be applied for before the start of any filming.
Post-filming subsidies must be applied for by the French production company and are only applicable to projects rejected by the plenary committee meeting on pre-filming subsidies.
Project selection
A committee of professionals chooses the projects based on their artistic quality, their ability to present different points of view and new ideas to the general public, as well as the relative weakness of the foreign professional network on which the projects would depend.
The committee comprises two sub-committees (colleges), presided over by two Vice-Presidents, one open to first or second films of a director, and the other to projects by experienced directors.
The projects are examined at three stages: first by the reading committee, then by the plenary committee, which decides whether the projects should be supported or not and finally by the assessment committee, which sets the aid amount.
from right: Frank Priot-Film France Deputy Director COO, Jennifer Jao-Taipei Film Commission Director and Teddy Granados FDCP Executive Dir. Pic was taken at the International Film Expo last September 6, 2013. Priot and Jao discussed the effects of new technology on the film industry, specifically the pros and cons of using a green screen and how social media has become a vital tool for modern filmmakers. Photo by Jude Bautista
Amount of aid
There is a ceiling of € 250,000 for pre-filming subsidy and of € 50,000 for post-filming subsidy. The amount awarded may not exceed 50% of the funding provided by the French co-producer; however, this limit is raised to 80% in the event that a project is a director’s first or second feature-length film, for films with a budget lower than € 1,250,000, or for those co-produced with low-income countries (see http://www.cnc.fr).
Spending obligations
Between 50% and 75% of the aid granted must be spent by the production company established in France. An additional 25% of the aid granted must be spent by the foreign production company, for projects co-produced with countries that have weak film industries (see www.cnc.fr). Finally, films with a total budget over € 2,500,000 must meet the CNC’s approval conditions applicable to official co-productions or to French works.
Subsidy management
The World Cinema Support fund is co-managed by the Institut français, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and by the CNC, which provides a significant share of the funds awarded. The Institut français is mainly responsible for the secretariat and for organizing the first college. All of the documents necessary to apply for World Cinema Support must be filed online, at the following address: http://www.cnc.fr/web/fr/cinemas-du-monde.
2nd from left: French Amb. Gilles Garachon from right Frank Priot-Film France Deputy Director COO, Martin Macalintal French Audio Visual Attaché (Phl) and Jeremy Segay French Audio Visual Attaché (Taiwan). Pic was taken at the International Film Expo last September 6, 2013. Mr. Priot was able to give a talk on the effects of new technology on the film industry. Photo by Jude Bautista
Text and Photos by Jude Bautista