National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image
Created in 1946, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) is an independent public organization. It comes under the authority of the Ministry of culture and communication.
The principal missions of the CNC are related to regulation, the production and distribution support of audiovisual works, and to the preservation and promotion of culture heritage.
The CNC core activity is to support audiovisual creations. It has thus introduced a policy to support the promotion and distribution of works, as well as access to a wide audience in cinemas, through a system of special grants. The CNC is also responsible for developing the export and promotion of French film and television abroad, in cooperation with the other ministries concerned. Furthermore, it supervises financial instruments for the sector based on tax relief and various support schemes for production.
Regarding regulatory aspects from a national perspective, the CNC participates in the study and the drafting of regulations. It also controls their application by the different film, television, video and multimedia industry actors. On the European and international scene, the CNC is in charge of defining and implementing multilateral policy for the film and broadcasting sector, whether European (European Union, Council of Europe) or international (WTO, OECD, UNESCO, etc.).
Finally, the CNC financially supports the preservation of works as well as the promotion of the heritage within institutions and all types of culture-heritage schemes (cultural, educational, training, promotional projects).
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
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Number of inhabitants
66,548,530 (2024)
EFAD related activities
Film Education - EFAD Members' Initiatives
"Ecole et cinéma" schemes
Sustainability - EFAD Members’ Initiatives
The CNC launched the “Plan Action !” on June 2021, in order to set up a public policy for an energy and ecological transition in the cinema, audiovisual and moving image sectors. This plan aims at encouraging, defining, as well as imposing new obligations on the professionals of these sectors, within a span of 3 years (2022-2024). More specifically, in 2022, the CNC established an Observatory for ecological transition, which studies the green practices and energy impact of the sectors concerned (the first study on the energy impact of cinemas was published in June 2022). Since October 2022, a training programme on ecological challenges and responsible production is offered to university students. From March 31, 2023, producers of cinematographic works (feature films and shorts) and audiovisual works (series and one-offs) in the fiction and documentary genres have to provide a carbon footprint for their works when applying for support. The aim is to accompany professionals towards a more responsible transformation of the film and audiovisual sectors, and to make them aware of the environmental impact of their activities, to help them reduce it and to make the eco-responsibility of French productions an issue of international attractiveness.
Gender & Inclusion - EFAD Members' National Reports & Studies
- CNC Gender Equality Observatory - Key Figueres (in French, March 2024).
- CNC Gender Equality Observatory | Key figures (in French, March 2023).
- CNC report about the role of women in the audiovisual and film industry (in French, June 2022).
- CNC report about the role of women in the film and audiovisual industry, in French (March 2021).
- CNC report about the role of women in the film and audiovisual industry (in French, 2019).
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