1 euro brings 16 euros!
1 euro regional aid in cinema and audiovisual generates 16 euros in economic benefits for Ile-de-France.
The Region supports every kind :
- Fiction,
- Documentary,
- Animation.
More concretely :
Please note: production aid is reimbursable once the supported work has made a profit.
First local authority to support cinema and audiovisual in France, the Region devotes more and more money to it. From 22 million euros in 2020, the dedicated budget has increased to 25 million euros in 2021.
The Region thus contributes to:
This massive investment has earned the Region a presence at Cannes every year through the films it has supported.
For the 75th edition of the largest film festival in the world, from May 17 to 28, 2022, it is associated with:
19 films supported including…
- 14 films in the official selection
(4 in competition, 10 out of competition), - 5 films in the parallel sections.
Here is the detail by category…
4 films supported by the Region in official competition
Of the 4 films supported by the Region in official competition in 2022, 2 are French:
- Almond trees, by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, beneficiary of the Support Fund (318,000 euros to Ad Vitam Production).
With Louis Garrel, Micha Lescot, Nadia Tereszkiewicz…
Release scheduled for November 9, 2022.
- A little brother, by Léonor Serraille, beneficiary of the Support Fund (312,000 euros to Blue Monday Productions).
With Annabelle Lengronne, Ahmed Sylla, Stéphane Bak…
Release date unknown.
After a Camera d’or for another film helped
Léonor Serraille, for whom this is the second film, received the Camera d’Or (prize for best first film) at Cannes 2017 for Young woman, his first feature film, also supported by the Region.
In addition, 2 foreign films co-produced by France and supported by the Region as part of its International Cinema Support Fund (which involves work carried out in Île-de-France):
10 films supported by the Region in the official selection out of competition
Out of competition
- green perfume, of Nicolas Pariser, beneficiary of the Support Fund (370,000 euros to Bizibi).
With Vincent Lacoste, Sandrine Kiberlain…
Release date unknown.
Presented at the end.
Un certain regard (young auteur and research cinema)
Cannes Première (films by recognized filmmakers, section created in 2021)
- Don Juan, by Serge Bozon, beneficiary of the Support Fund (257,000 euros to Films Pelléas).
With Tahar Rahim, Virginie Efira, Alain Chamfort…
Release scheduled for May 23, 2022.
- Chronicle of a temporary liaison, by Emmanuel Mouret, beneficiary of the Support Fund (240,000 euros to Moby Dick Films).
With Sandrine Kiberlain, Vincent Macaigne, Georgia Scalliet…
Release scheduled for September 14, 2022.
Cannes Classics (documentaries on films and personalities of the 7th art, old films in restored copy)
Special screenings (“more personal” films)
- feminist response, by Marie Perennès and Simon Depardon, documentary beneficiary of the Support Fund (81,000 euros in Palmeraie and Desert).
With François Creton, Roméo Créton, Richard Bohringer…
Release date unknown.
5 films supported by the Region in the parallel sections
Critics’ week (films by young talents)
- Drop of gold, by Clément Cogitore, beneficiary of the Support Fund (280,000 euros to Kazak Productions).
With Karim Leklou, Yilin Yang…
Release date unknown.
Presented in special session.
Directors’ Fortnight (films by young talents)
- The Five Devils, by Léa Mysius, beneficiary of the Support Fund (260,000 euros to F comme Film).
With Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sally Drame, Swala Emati…
Release date unknown.
- From Humani Corporis Fabrica, by Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, documentary beneficiary of the Support Fund (63,000 euros to Norte Production).
Release date unknown.
- See Paris again, of Alice Winocour, beneficiary of the Support Fund (356,000 euros in Dharamsala).
With Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin…
Release scheduled for September 7, 2022.
- A nice morning, by Mia Hansen-Løve, beneficiary of the Support Fund (340,000 euros to Films Pelléas).
With Léa Seydoux, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud…
Release date unknown.
The Region already associated with 4 Palmes d’Or
About twenty films supported by the Region have been honored at Cannes so far, including 4 which have won the Palme d’or:
- Titanium, by Julia Ducournau, in 2021,
- Dheepan, by Jacques Audiard, in 2015,
- Love, by Michael Haneke, in 2012,
- Between the walls, by Laurent Cantet, in 2008.
All about the Region in Cannes and its support for cinema
In addition to the supported films presented at Cannes 2022, our press kit presents all the regional aid for cinema, including support for the image education system for high school students and cinema apprentices. It also highlights the contribution of the Île-de-France Film Commission to facilitate filming in the region.
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Nearly 200 cine-TV works supported per year
By devoting 25 million euros to cinema-audiovisual in 2021, the Region has supported nearly 200 productions:
- 56 cinema films and 47 creations for television (series, single TV films, documentaries, animation) were supported at the production stage (17.5 million euros),
- 39 short and feature films were helped in the finalization/post-production stage (1 million euros),
- 39 screenwriters were helped in their writing project (for a total of 500,000 euros),
In addition :
- 50 events and film networks in the Ile-de-France region were accompanied,
- 50,000 high school students and apprentices in the Ile-de-France have followed image education (to see For Paris and for the rest of Île-de-France).
It should be noted that regional production aid (Cinema, International Cinema and Audiovisual Support Fund) is refundable as soon as the beneficiary work is profitable.
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Cannes 2022: 19 films supported by the Region, including 4 in official competition