TOP 5 REASONS

TO WORK WITH FRANCE

  • 1. TRIP / TAX REBATE FOR INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION

    The TRIP supports non-French projects that are completely or partly made in France.

    France’s latest evolution of its Tax Rebate for International Production goes up from 30% to 40% on ALL eligible expenses when you spend a minimum target of 2 million euros on VFX in France.

  • 2. ACCESS / AN UNBELIEVABLE AND AFFORDABLE RANGE OF FILMING LOCATIONS

    France enjoys a breathtaking range of locations, from natural landscapes to iconic monuments: everything you need to bring value and style to your production. Don’t forget that Film France/CNC and its network of more than 32 local film commissions can support you with that!

  • 3. TALENT / HIGHLY TRAINED CREWS

    French crews contribute every year to the production of 300 French features, 5000 hours of French television shows as well as more than 1230 days of non-French projects shooting days.

  • 4. TECHNOLOGY / VFX

    From motion capture to green screen shooting, France combines creativity, know-how, and innovation to satisfy every producer’s need, through top-level digital labs and VFX houses that have worked on major productions such as The Last Duel or The Serpent Queen.

  • 5. STUDIOS / ANIMATION & SOUND STAGES

    French crews and studios, including world-renowned animation studios based throughout the territory, can work fast with a spirit of initiative, which seduces even the most demanding directors and producers.

Tax Rebate for international productions - TRIP

VALUE

  • The tax rebate amounts to 30% of the eligible pre-tax expenditures

  • It is capped at €30 million per project
     

  • Eligible expenditures are taken into account at up to 80% of the total budget

ACCESSING FRENCH TRIP

The TRIP is available for companies that:

  • are subject to corporate income tax in France.

  • act as the production services company for the sequences filmed or made in France.

Companies can be specialized in servicing, or be a regular production company or an animation / visual effects studio, a subsidiary of the UK or US producer, a SPV, etc.
 

QUALIFYING PRODUCTIONS

To qualify to the TRIP, a project must:

  • be a fiction film (live action or animation, feature film, TV, web, VR, short film, TV special, single or several episodes of a series, or a whole season…).

  • pass a cultural test.

  • shoot at least 5 days in France for live-action production (unless VFX/post-production).

Live-action VFX projects are eligible for the TRIP provided: 15% of the shots, or on average one and a half shots per minute, are digitally processed (on the whole film). AND more than 50% of the French spend is VFX/post-production expenditures.

MINIMUM SPEND REQUIREMENT

A minimum of €250K (or at least 50% of the production budget, whichever is lowest) must be spent on French-qualifying expenditures.

ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM THE OFFICIAL CNC WEBSITE