Cinema: 165 million euros to support creation, announces Castex - AFP

The announcements follow one another for the culture sector. This Friday, at the opening of the Francophone film festival in Angoulême, Jean Castex announced that support for cinematographic creation would be reinforced by the State to the tune of 165 million euros.

"The CNC (National Center for Cinema and Animated Image) will see its resources reinforced by the State, by 165 million euros to which will be added funding for investments for the future", unveiled the Prime Minister the launch of the first major film festival in France since the cancellation of Cannes. "These support measures, unprecedented in their scale and ambition, will have a ripple effect on the entire industry, from authors to broadcasters and theater operators," he said.

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This measure, which is in addition to the aid of 432 million euros for the live performance announced Thursday, is part of the stimulus plan of 2 billion euros to breathe life into culture, brought to its knees by the crisis sanitary.

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