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Press contacts
for Paris Region
marie.estrada@iledefrance.fr
+33 (0)1 53 85 63 14
servicepresse@iledefrance.fr
+33 (0)1 53 85 66 45

Press contact in Cannes
Corinne Koszczanski
ckosanski@orange.fr
+33 (0)6 09 85 69 05
“Paris Region
                              wishes to do more
                                 for cinema”

      J
              ean Cocteau had these words about the                   ema and audiovisual industry budget, which is
              festival: he described it as “a living comet            exceeding 20 million euro this year. Our goal is to
              that has touched down for a few days on                 encourage young creation and to promote diver-
              La Croisette”. Paris Region is happy to join            sity while boosting employment in Paris Region. We
      the enchantment of the world that incarnates itself             also pay particular attention to the screenwriters
      every year, for a few days, in Cannes. Because Paris            and to the integration of innovative technologies
      Region (Ile-de-France) and cinema have been pur-                in the creative process.
      suing a passionate love affair ever since the
                                                                      While Paris Region now has 1,075 screens display-
      Lumière brothers and the studios of Boulogne.
                                                                      ing thousands of movies daily, we want to convey
      Consistent with this strong tradition, Paris Region is
                                                                      our historic passion to the youth. We therefore
      the leading French region in terms of support to
                                                                      decided to complement our strategy with a replen-
      the cinema and audiovisual industry.
                                                                      ishment of the artistic and cultural youth educa-
      Stanley Kubrick used to say: “The screen is a magic             tion offer in Paris Region, a multiplication of the
      medium.” And the magic it operates is quintessen-               connections between the young citizens of the
      tial to our very being. Because a film documents                region and the movie world – through film-clubs
      and reveals the world we live in, its magic changes             set up in the upper secondary schools and appren-
      our day to day into works of art. The Seventh Art               tice training centers (Centres de formation des
      has embraced the daily reality of Paris Region                  apprentis : CFA), or through the organization of
      both as a subject and an object of its works, since             film festivals in our leisure islands this summer.
      80% of the French film industry and talents are con-
                                                                      To make sure the magic keeps happening, and the
      centrated in the region. Today Paris Region wishes
                                                                      “comet” of the festival keeps shining on our day to
      to take its commitment a step further, and to do
                                                                      day, we want to once again reiterate our support
      more for cinema. For this 71st edition of the Cannes
                                                                      to Cannes.
      Film Festival, we are proud to have supported mov-
      ies chosen for the Official Selection, the Directors’           Long live Cinema! Long live Cannes Festival!
      Fortnight and the International Critics’ Week –
      movies that honor Paris Region, and show our real-
      ity and savoir-faire for the world to see.
      A love story requires care, attention, a commit-
      ment. We therefore decided to further enhance
      our policy towards cinema and audiovisual media
      with a new strategy launched last year: Rethink our
      regional grants to the sector in order to foster cre-
                                                                                                            VALÉRIE PÉCRESSE
      ation, and notably creation among the youth.                                                      President of Paris Region
      Designed with and for the professionals, our strat-
                                                                                                                 AGNÈS EVREN
      egy includes the revision of the Production Grant                                      Vice-president in charge of Culture,
      Funds and a historic rise of almost 20% for the cin-                                                   Heritage & Creation
                                                                                                                                    © Région Île-de-France

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THE FILMS SUPPORTED
                                                                                                                                                                                            BY PARIS REGION
                                                                                                                                                                                         COMPETING IN CANNES
                                                                                                                                                                                  The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival highlights
                                                                                                                                                                              5 films supported by Paris Region, either in the production
                                                                                                                                                                                                or post production process.

                                                                                                                                                                      Official selection
Les Âmes mortes : © Les films d’ici - Amin : © Pyramide-Istqlal – Joueurs : © The Film - La Route des Samouni : © Picofilms – Les Silences : © Ciné-Sud Promotion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       JOUEURS
                                                                                                                                                                    Special screening                                                                                  by Marie Monge,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       feature film (1st film)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Grant Fund: €298,000

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Authors: Marie Monge and Julien
                                                                                                                                                                                            DEAD SOULS                                                                 Guetta, with the collaboration of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Romain Compingt
                                                                                                                                                                                            by Wang Bing, feature-length                                               With: Stacey Martin, Tahar
                                                                                                                                                                                            documentary                                                                Rahim, etc.
                                                                                                                                                                                            Post Production Grant*:
                                                                                                                                                                                            €43,000                                                                    Producer: THE FILM
                                                                                                                                                                                            Producer: LES FILMS D’ICI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       LA ROUTE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       DES SAMOUNI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       by Stefano Savona, feature-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       length documentary
                                                                                                                                                                      Director’s fortnight                                                                             Post Production Grant*:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       €43,000

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Producer: PICOFILMS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Duration of the film: 130mn

                                                                                                                                                                                            AMIN
                                                                                                                                                                                            by Philippe Faucon, feature film
                                                                                                                                                                                            Production Grant Fund:
                                                                                                                                                                                            €240,000

                                                                                                                                                                                            Authors: Philippe Faucon,                                                  LES SILENCES
                                                                                                                                                                                            Yasmina Nini-Faucon and                                                    by Beatriz Seigner, feature film
                                                                                                                                                                                            Mustapha Kharmoudi                                                         Post Production Grant*:
                                                                                                                                                                                            With: Moustapha Mbengue,                                                   €45,000
                                                                                                                                                                                            Emmanuelle Devos,
                                                                                                                                                                                            Ouidad Elma                                                                Producer: CINE-SUD PROMOTION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Duration of the film: 90mn
                                                                                                                                                                                            Producer: ISTIQLAL FILMS

                                                                                                                                                                    *To be voted on by the Paris Region Council on May 30.

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REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR CINEMA
      AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY
     Today more than ever, Paris Region stands alongside the authors
    and other professionals of the cinema and audiovisual realm, and
   is scaling up its action towards creation. Since January 2017, Paris
   Region has been enhancing its support to the sector by allocating it
            new funds in a move welcomed by the professionals.

             >> €20M: a historic budget,
             increased by nearly 20% in
             2017, and revalued by an                                                 tor, which represent almost 140,000 direct
             additional €600,000 in                                                   jobs, are tremendous. However in a context
                                                                                      of strong international competition, it is
             2018                                                                     crucial to provide the productions with a
               In December 2017, Paris Region adopted its                             package that is both more reactive and
               2018 budget allocated to the sector, and                               better adapted to each project: this is why
               pursued its unparalleled effort after the                              the regional executive decided to exten-
               nearly 20% raise it voted in 2017. Paris Region                        sively recast the Fonds de soutien au cin-
               devoted €20.5M to this strategic industry,                             ema et à l’audiovisuel, in order to enhance
               including €15.5M going to a support fund for                           the attractiveness of Paris Region in these
               Cinema and audiovisual media. The regional                             fields, to support the sector’s economy, and
               budget devoted to cinema and audiovisual                               to encourage the return of some produc-
               media is part f a dynamic process of sub-                              tions. This translated into:
               stantially strengthening the credits allocated                           An increase in the amount of regional aid
               to the cultural sector. Valérie Pécresse made                          up to €600,000 for cinema films and up to
               a commitment to raise the allocations to cul-                          €500,000 for audiovisual films.
               ture by 20% before the end of the parlia-
               mentary term. Since the beginning of the                                  A new aid calculation table with a double
               term, it significantly increased by 12.5%.                             bonus system: for “exceptional technical
               Between 2015 and 2018, it rose from €83M                               expenses”, to galvanize Paris Region service
               to €93.630M (+ €10.630M).                                              providers and job market, and for “innovat-
                                                                                      ing technologies and practice”, so that Paris
                                                                                      Region becomes a pioneering territory in
                                                                                      specific technological fields, and to enhance
             >> A better-endowed and                                                  its attractiveness.
             more efficient support fund                                                 Aid subsidies going from €25,000 to
             for Cinema and audiovisual                                               €100,000 for expenses in the field of inno-
             media                                                                    vative technologies (virtual reality, visual
                                                                                      effects, 3D, etc.), or for outstanding Made in
               Paris region concentrates almost 80% of                                Paris Region fabrications (production and
               the French players working in the image                                costume design made by local Paris Region
               industry: the economic benefits of the sec-                            pros, studio shootings, etc.).

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An overhaul of the reading committee for
                                                          cinema, with the introduction of three spe-
                                                          cialized colleges dedicated to the various
                                                          types of budgets and projects.
                                                              The funding of web series.
                                                            The possibility to finance up to three sea-
                                                          sons of the same series (degressive aid).
                                                          In 2017, the endowment of the support fund
                                                          reached an unprecedented €16,535,750 in
                                                          refundable aids allocated to 74 cinema and
                                                          audiovisual productions, very diverse pro-
                                                          jects reflecting the diversity of French crea-
                                                          tion.

                                                     >> Substantial revision
                                                     of the screenwriting aid
                                                     as part of the development
                                                     of the writing sector
                                                     in Paris Region
                                                         The writing sector is a key element in the                                 The development of the sector in partner-
                                    THE WRITING          development of the French filmmaking and                                 ship with the concerned professionals.
                                 SECTOR IS A KEY         audiovisual industry. Paris Region therefore
                                 ELEMENT IN THE                                                                                      An improved follow-up for the supported
                                DEVELOPMENT OF           decide to take its involvement a step further
                                                                                                                                  authors: integration of pitch presentation
                                    THE FRENCH           by strengthening its support to young
                                   FILMMAKING.                                                                                    and speed-dating session practice in the
                                                         authors, notably through:
                                                                                                                                  training granted to the junior writers.
                                                                                                                                     Annual meetings organized with the con-
                                                                                                                                  firmed authors and producers the Region
                                                                                                                                  supports, notably on the occasion of the
                                                                                                                                  European Series Summit Série Series that will
                                                                                                                                  take place from June 26th to 28th, 2018 in
                                                                  n 2018                                                          Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne).
                                                         Innovatio     scholarsh
                                                                                ips                                                  An optimized reorganization of the read-
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                                                                                                         a                        ing committee: now alleviated and divided
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                                                             dura    ti                          e (Fonds
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Paris Region and the animation sector

        >> Renewed and adapted support                                     strengthened support to
                                                                          A
        mechanisms: double the number                                     the audiovisual au cinema
        of candidate projects.                                            animation projects
                                                                          Over the past two years, 15 animates movies
                                                                          (8 for the cinema, and 7 for television) have
        >> An exceptional financial                                       been supported during the production
        effort: triple the number of                                      process, compared with only 5 over the
                                                                          2014-2015 period.
        supported projects.                                               It should be pointed out that Paris Region also
                                                                          supports the sector upstream, with its
                                                                          Screenplay Writers’ Grant (3 authors supported
        >> A strong willingness to                                        in 2017, for instance), and takes action in the
                                                                          final stages of long and short animated film
        support the sector: a very high                                   projects with its Post Production Grant
                                                                          (1 supported feature film in 2016, and one
        success rate.                                                     short film in 2018).

       An improved framework for action                                   For television
        Thanks to the successive reforms of 2015 and                      In 2016 and 2017, 14 animated movies were
        January 2017, the Cinema & Audiovisual Grant                      submitted, and 7 received a grant.
        Fund of Paris Region is far more favorable to                     For the record, in 2014 and 2015, only
        animation projects.                                               5 series had been submitted and 3 supported,
        • Simplified access criteria for animation.                       compared to 3 submitted series and
        • Cinema animation works benefit from an                          2 supported in the first 2018 session.
        examination by the 3rd college, which is                          The selectivity rate is therefore very favorable
        specifically in charge of the films having a                      to animation, at an average 50 % against
        strong economic impact, and is comprising                         30 % for fiction and 20 % for documentary.
        professionals of the sector.
        • Strongly reassessed assistance rates, and
        a grant budget increased by €2.5M over
        the past 2 years (from €14M to €16.5M),
        so enabling the provision of more and                             For cinema
        better-endowed aids, up to 700,000€.
        • Furthermore, animation projects may                             In 2016 and 2017, 8 animated feature films
        request a bonus if innovating technologies are                    were supported.
        to be used, or exceptional technical expenses                     2017 has been a particularly remarkable year
        need to be made in order to favor a genuine                       with 5 supported projects out of 7 submitted
        economic impact, and to make Paris Region a                       – i.e. a success rate over 70 %. It also means
        pioneering territory for specific cutting-edge                    Paris Region supported a major part of the
        technologies.                                                     French production that year.

           Overall, in 2017 alone, Paris Region devoted €2.6M to the animation sector,
        i.e. more than 15 % of its Production Grant Fund.

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CINEMA MEETS
                        THE STUDENTS AND APPRENTICES
                               OF PARIS REGION
                        >> Students and apprentices                                                                      LYCÉENS
                        at the movies                                                                                    ET A P P R EN TI S
                         “Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma” is a regional                                                 AU CINÉMA
                                                                                                                       2017-2018
                         package for image education. It gives the stu-
                         dents of the general, professional, and agri-
                                                                                                                        M le maudit de Fritz

                         cultural upper secondary schools, and the
                                                                                                                                             Lang
                                                                                                                       Le dictateur de Charli
                                                                                                                                              e Chaplin
                                                                                                                       Starship Troopers de
                                                                                                                                             Paul Verhoeven
                                                                                                                       Nouvelles vagues – Progra
                                                                                                                                                  mme de courts métrag

                         apprentices of the apprentice training centers
                                                                                                                       Sur la planche de Leïla                         es
                                                                                                                                               Kilani

                         the opportunity to discover at least three cin-
                         ematographic works during theatre screen-
                         ings specially organized for them.
                         Its goal is to enable the youth to lay the foun-
                         dations of a cinematic culture, in addition to
                         the pedagogic work and awareness-raising
                         effort conducted by the teachers and cultural
                         partners of the program.
                         Subscriptions have been on the rise since 2016,                                   PRÉFET
                                                                                                        DE LA RÉGION

                         which shows how the program matured and is                                   Coordination régionale
                                                                                                      ACRIF – Association
                                                                                                      CIP – Cinémas Indépend
                                                                                                                             :
                                                                                                                          des cinémas de recherch
                                                                                                                                                  e d’Île-de-France – www.acri
                                                                                                                             ants Parisiens – www.cip-
                                                                                                                                                       paris.fr – 01 44 61 85
                                                                                                                                                                                f.org – 01 48 78 14 18
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                         now very well established throughout Paris
                         Region.

                         Academic year 2017-2018:

                         44,600
                         students and apprentices enrolled
                         (42,889 students and 1,712 apprentices)
                                                                                            1,645
                                                                                            classes registered
                                                                                            coming from

                         2014
                         teachers trained beforehand
                                                                                            480 schools
                                                                                            (448 high schools and 32 apprentice
                                                                                            training centers) in the 8 Paris Region
                                                                                            districts

                         170
                         screens                                                            167
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                                                                                            partner theaters

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The films shown
           to the students and
                apprentices
               in 2017-2018:
                  M LE MAUDIT
            by Fritz Lang (Germany - 1932)
                    for 83% of them

            THE GREAT DICTATOR
           by Charles Chaplin (USA - 1940)
                  for 81% of them

             STARSHIP TROOPERS                                                       >> Film-clubs in the high
            by Paul Verhoeven (USA - 1997)
                   for 78% of them                                                   schools and apprentice
             NOUVELLES VAGUES
                                                                                     training centers
          a short-movie selection (France -
                                                                                        Within the framework of the Citoyens de
             1957/2008) for 30% of them
                                                                                        la Culture program launched by the Min-
               SUR LA PLANCHE                                                           istry of Culture, the National Centre for
       by Leïla Kilani (Morocco / France - 2012),                                       Cinema and Moving Image (CNC), and
      film financially supported by Paris Region,
                    for 46% of them                                                     the association Unis-Cité developed a
                                                                                        mission to educate the young public in
                                                                                        citizenship through cinema, in the prem-
                                                                                        ises of their schools. This program is part
                                                                                        of the universal civic service dynamic. Its
                                                                                        vocation is to foster access to culture for
                                                                                        all, and to put culture at the service of our
                                                                                        Republican values through the mobiliza-
                                                                                        tion of young civic service volunteers
                                                                                        aged 16 to 25.
                                                                                        In order to scale up the “Ciné-débats” ini-
                                                                                        tiative and extend it to the whole Paris
                                                                                        Region territory, especially within the high
                                                             PARIS REGION               schools and CFAs, Paris Region committed
                                                            COMMITTED TO
                                                         WORK ALONGSIDE                 to work alongside the CNC and Unis-Cité
                                                             THE CNC AND                to rapidly reach the objective of 200
                                                              UNIS-CITÉ TO              operational film-clubs. This collaboration
                                                        RAPIDLY REACH THE
                                                        OBJECTIVE OF 200                takes place in several stages, and is mate-
                                                             OPERATIONAL                rialized by the Cinema cooperation
                                                              FILM-CLUBS.               agreement for 2017-2019 between Paris
                                                                                        Region and the CNC.

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NEW
         A MOBILE CINEMA
    WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS
  ILE DE FRANCE NEXT SUMMER!
 In the framework of the “L’Ile-de-France fait son cinema!” festival,
   launched in July 2017 to make cinema accessible to everyone,
everywhere in Paris Region, a “Cinémobile” truck will spread out an
      actual 100-seat comfy and air-conditioned movie theater
 on the leisure centers of the region, as well as in the Regional Park
                            of French Vexin.

                                                                       Patients, by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi
                                                                       Idir; Le Grand Méchant Renard et autres con-
                                                                       tes, by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert.
                                                                       The screenings also come with free and open
                                                                       to all filming demonstrations and workshops.
                                                                       The films shown were financially supported by
                                                                       Paris Region.
                                                                       SATURDAY, JUNE 30:
                                                                       regional leisure center of Jablines-Annet (77)
                                                                       SUNDAY, JULY 1ST:
                                                                       regional leisure center of Vaires-Torcy (77)
                                                                       SATURDAY, JULY 14:
                                                                       regional leisure center of Port aux Cerises (91)
                                                                       SUNDAY, JULY 15:
                                                                       regional leisure center of Etampes (91)
                                                                       FROM MONDAY, JULY 16, TO WEDNESDAY,
                                                                       JULY 18:
                                                                       Regional Park of Vexin (95)
                                                                       THURSDAY, JULY 19 & FRIDAY, JULY 20:
                                                                       regional leisure center of Cergy-Pontoise (95)
                                                                       SATURDAY, JULY 21:
                                                                       regional leisure center of Boucles de Seine (78)
       About forty screenings are scheduled for the
                                                                       SUNDAY, JULY 22:
       whole month of July, four times more than dur-
                                                                       regional leisure center of Val-de-Seine (78)
       ing the first edition, for young audiences in the
       afternoon, and for the general public in the                    WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 & THURSDAY, JULY 26:
       evening. Among the films shown: Divines, by                     Open-air screenings on the regional leisure
       Houda Benvamina; Dalida, by Lisa Azuelos;                       center of Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines (78)

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A LOOK BACK
                                          ON 2017
              >> The year 2017 in numbers
                In 2017, audiovisual and cinematographic                           Furthermore, the expenditures of the foreign
                production continued to grow in Paris Region                       productions were multiplied by three com-
                (with the number of companies rising by 4%).                       pared to 2015, reaching a total amount of
                                                                                   €150M.
                The number of permanent jobs in the sector
                rose by 10% compared to 2015, while the                            This dynamic is set to continue and develop
                intermittent jobs rose by 6%.                                      in 2018, with the relocation of the French big-
                                                                                   budget movie shootings, and the reception
                The study conducted jointly by the Ile de
                                                                                   of foreign productions.
                France Film Commission and Groupe Audiens
                attests to this reality: 2017 saw a massive
                relocation of the French film shootings and
                audiovisual production, notably for big-
                budget projects.

      With a dedicated budget of

    €20.5M,
                                                                               Paris Region has

                                                                           307 MOVIE THEATERS
    Paris Region is the leading regional                                      dont 150 classés art et essai
    authority in terms of aids for the                                        1 075 écrans en Île-de-France.
    cinema and audiovisual industry.
                It is also the leading French

                                                                        1 193
                region for the reception
                of film shootings.
                                                                                             FILMS
                                                                        were supporter by the Region since 2001:
                It concentrates 50% of                                  498 through the Cinema Production
                the movies shot in France,                              Grant Fund, 407 through the
                and has 2,400 listed filming                            Audiovisual Production Grant Fund,
                locations.                                              and 288 through the Post Production
                                                                        Grant.

      1€ of regional grant                                               Each year, Paris Region supports
                                                                        more than
    generates 16€ of income
    for Paris Region.                                                            100 productions,
                                                                                 50 festivals and networks,
                                                                                 30 screenwriters.

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>> List of the films supported by Paris Region in 2017
27 fictions

MON FRÈRE
                                                    Ex Nihilo                                       €315,000          2018
by Julien Abraham
ÉNORME                                                                                             €360,000
                                                    Avenue B Productions                                              2018
by Sophie Letourneur                                                                                (incl. bonus)
CELLE QUE VOUS CROYEZ                                                                               €445,000
                                                    Diaphana                                                          2018
by Safy Nebou                                                                                       (incl. bonus)
MAIS VOUS ÊTES FOUS                                                                                 €395,000
                                                    Rectangle Productions                                             2018
by Audrey Diwan – 1st feature film                                                                  (incl. bonus)
DANS LA GUEULE DU REQUIN
                                                    Épithète Films                                  €235,000          2018
by Emmanuel Hamon – 1st feature film
LE MYSTÈRE HENRI PICK
                                                    Mandarin Production                            €440,000           2017
by Rémi Bezançon
L’ÉTREINTE
                                                    Moby Dick Films                                 €396,250          2017
by Ludovic Bergery (1st film)
PROXIMA
                                                    Dharamsala                                     €400,000           2017
by Alice Winocour
LA FÊTE DES MÈRES
                                                    Willow Films                                    €425,000          2017
by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
VOYEZ COMME ON DANSE
                                                    Les Films du 24                                 €485,000          2017
by Michel Blanc
LES CHAMPS DE FLEURS
                                                    ChifoumiI Productions                           €358,500          2017
by Jeanne Herry (2nd film)
ELSA
                                                    Karé Productions                               €320,000           2017
by Pierre Isoard (1st film)
YVES
                                                    Ecce Films                                     €300,000           2017
by Benoît Forgeard
SUN
                                                    Les Produits Frais                              €275,000          2017
by Jonathan Desoindre (1st film)
LES JOUEURS
                                                    The Film                                        €298,000          2017
by Marie Monge (1st film)
TERRITOIRES
                                                    One World Films                                 €383,000          2017
by David Oelhoffen
INTIME CONVICTION
                                                    Delante Productions                            €222,000           2017
by Antoine Raimbalut (1st film)
VIDOCQ, L’EMPEREUR DE PARIS                                                                        €630,000
                                                    Mandarin Production                                               2017
by Jean-François Richet                                                                             (incl. bonus)
UN AMOUR IMPOSSIBLE
                                                    Chaz Productions                                €326,000          2017
by Catherine Corsini
L’HEURE DE LA SORTIE
                                                    Avenue B Productions                            €337,000          2017
by Sébastien Marnier (2nd film)
DEUX FILS                                           Nord-Ouest Productions                          €425,000          2017
by Félix Moati (1st film)
CURIOSA                                             Curiosa                                        €280,000           2017
by Lou Jeunet (1st film)
PIÉGÉES                                             Stephan Films                                  €280,000           2017
by Milka Assaf (1st film)
PREMIÈRE ANNÉE                                      Les Films du Parc                              €405,000           2017
by Thomas Lilti
UNE HISTOIRE DE L’ART                               Les Grands Espaces Films                       €320,000           2017
by Thomas Bernard (1st film)
LE REPAS DES FAUVES                                 Day For Night Productions                      €380,000           2017
by Julien sibre (1st film)
DANS LA BRUME                                       Section 9                                       €475,000          2017
by Daniel Roby

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5 animations
   CALAMITY, UNE ENFANCE DE MARTHA JANE
   CANNARY                                                      Maybe Movies                    €350,000        2017
   by Rémi Chayet (2nd film)
   LE SOMMET DES DIEUX
                                                                Julianne Films                  €400,000        2017
   by Patrick Imbert (2nd film)
   MY SUNNY MAAD
   by Michaela Pavlatova (1st film)                             Sacrebleu Productions           €280,000        2017

   ASTÉRIX ET LE SECRET DE LA POTION MAGIQUE                                                    €620,000
                                                                M6 Studio                                       2017
   by Louis Clichy et Alexandre Astier                                                          (incl. bonus)

   J’AI PERDU MON CORPS
                                                                Xilam Animation                 €275,000        2017
   by Jérémy Clapin

  14 documentaries
   INNA DE YARD                                                 Borsalino Productions           €95,000         2018
   by Peter Webber
   PSYCHOMAGIE                                                  Satori Films                    €78,000         2018
   by Alejandro Jodorowsky
   NOS PREMIERS PAS                                             Pyla Prod                       €20,000         2018
   by Anne-Claire Dolivet
   SYSTÈME K                                                    Les Films en Vrac               €90,000         2017
   by Renaud Barret
   LE VOYAGE D’AILO
   by Guillaume Maidatchevsky (1st film)                        Bordalino Productions SARL      €95,000         2017

   SYMPATHY FOR THE PEPITO
   by Benoît Garrel et Gilles Charmant (1st film)               Atopic                          €59,000         2017

   MADAGASCAR 1947, SUR LA TRACE
   DES SOLDATS MALGACHES                                        L aterit Productions            €56,000         2017
   by Marie-Clémence Paes
   L’ATTENTE DES FEMMES
   by Sandrine Lanno (1st film)                                 Les Films de Pierre             €27,000         2017

   FILS D’ACHILLE
   by Hélène Milano (1st film)                                  YséProductions                  €22,000         2017

   À L’ABORDAGE (UNE ÎLE)                                       Bathysphere Productions         €69,000         2017
   by Guillaume Brac
   LES PETITS MAÎTRES DU GRAND HÔTEL                            TS Productions                  €68,000         2017
   by Jacques Deschamps
   DE CHAQUE INSTANT                                            Archipel 35                     €90,000         2017
   by Nicolas Phillibert
   JUSTICE EN COURS                                             Bandits                         €95,000         2017
   by Robert Salis
   DÉGÂT DES EAUX, HISTOIRE D’UN HOMME                          Daniel Schick SAS               €55,000         2017
   by Daniel Schick

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>> List of the recently awarded films that benefited
from regional funding

 César 2018                                                 Cannes 2017
 • 120 BEATS PER MINUTE                                      • 120 BEATS PER MINUTE
 by Robin Campillo                                           (fiction) by Robin Campillo – Produced by
 Recipient of the Paris Region Production                    Les films de pierre
 Grant                                                       Paris Region Production Grant: €300,000
 Best movie                                                  Grand Prix – Official Competition & Prix
 Most promising actor:                                       Fipresci awarded by the international press
 Nahuel Perez Biscayart
 Best supporting actor:                                      • JEUNE FEMME
 Antoine Reinartz                                            (fiction) by Léonor Serraille – Produced by
 Best original screenplay                                    Blue Monday productions
 Best original music                                         Paris Region Post Production Grant:
 Best Editing                                                €40,000
                                                             Caméra d’or in the “Un certain regard”
 • AU REVOIR LÀ-HAUT                                         selection
 by Albert Dupontel
 Recipient of Paris Region Production Grant                  • MAKALA
 Best director                                               by Emmanuel Gras (documentary) –
 Best adaptation                                             Produced by Bathysphere productions
 Best cinematography                                         Paris Region Post Production Grant:
 Best costumes                                               €35 000
 Best production design                                      Grand Prix of the International Critics’ Week
                                                             & Special mention of the jury at L’ŒIL D’OR
 • BARBARA                                                   – The Documentary Award
 by Mathieu Amalric
 Recipient of the Paris Region Production                    • BARBARA
 Grant                                                       (fiction) by Mathieu Amalric – Produced by
 Best actress: Jeanne Balibar                                Waiting For Cinéma
 Best sound                                                  Paris Region Production Grant: €419,000
                                                             Award for Poetry in the “Un certain regard”
 • LE GRAND MÉCHANT RENARD ET                                selection
 AUTRES CONTES
 by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert
 Recipient of the Paris Region Production
 Grant
 Best animated film

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SHOOTING IN PARIS REGION
                    AND FINANCING A MOVIE:
                        INSTRUCTIONS
I The Paris Region Cinema and                                       IVThe film shooting assistance
audiovisual Production Grant Fund                                   service
      The Paris Region Cinema and audiovisual                            The Ile de France Film Commission, an associ-
      Production Grant Fund provides a selective and                     ated body of Paris Region, has a welcome
      refundable grant for projects at the production                    department for film shootings in Paris Region,
      stage. It aims at promoting creation in all its                    which provides assistance to the professionals
      diversity and giving structure to the film and                     of the sector.
      audiovisual industry in Paris Region.
                                                                         Useful information: www.idf-film.com
      Eligibility criteria, schedule, and application
                                                                         Contact : shootings@idf-film.com
      form: www.iledefrance.fr/aides-cinema
                                                                         +33 (0)1 56 88 12 88
      Contacts for the professionals:
      >> Cinema: myriam.gast@iledefrance.fr
      +33 (0)1 53 85 72 78
                                                                     V   The film Commission
      >> Audiovisual media:                                              The regional organization contributes to imple-
      melaine.thomann-fox@iledefrance.fr                                 menting a consistent policy for the reception of
      +33 (0)1 53 85 72 20                                               cinema shootings in Paris Region. It draws up a
                                                                         list of the possible settings in each department
IIThe Region’s Post Production                                           and promotes them to the productions and tech-
Grant                                                                    nical teams. It guides them in their location scout-
                                                                         ing, or informs them about the necessary shooting
      The Region’s Post Production Grant supports                        authorizations. It thereby promotes an outstand-
      financially fragile films that have already been                   ing and particularly abundant heritage, thus
      shot but whose production is yet to be finished.                   securing the international outreach of Paris
      The regional grant aims at facilitating the film’s                 Region.
      distribution in theaters.
                                                                         The Film Commission Works directly with the pro-
      Eligibility criteria, schedule, and application form:              ductions looking for sceneries in Paris Region, as
      www.iledefrance.fr/aides-cinema                                    it did for:
      Contacts for the professionals:                                    GIRL by Lukas Dhont (through the partnership
      elsa.cohen@iledefrance.fr                                          with Cinéfondation)
      +33 (0)1 53 85 62 87                                               LES CHATOUILLES by Andrea Bescond and Eric
                                                                         Métayer
                                                                         CLIMAX by Gaspard Noé
III   The Screenplay Writers’ Grants                                     AMIN by Philippe Faucon
      The Screenplay Writers’ Grants provide authors
      financial assistance to write screenplays and set
      up workshops relating to their writing process in
      secondary schools or public venues in Paris
                                                                                                             ls
                                                                                                    ofessiona
      Region.
                                                                                           or the pr
      Eligibility criteria, schedule, and application
                                                                                  Contact f the sector:
      form: www.iledefrance.fr/aides-cinema                                              of            re,
                                                                                                           nt of Cultu
                                                                                              Departme              ual unit
      Contacts for the professionals:
                                                                                               em  a a nd audiovis         defrance.f
                                                                                                                                     r
      marine.coatalem@iledefrance.fr                                                       cin
                                                                                                      se ba stien.colin@ile
                                                                                            f office:
      +33 (0)1 53 85 56 71                                                        >> Head o

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