The Fédération des Industries du Cinéma, de l’Audiovisuel et du Multimédia (FICAM) announced in a press release the figures for French film production for the first half of this year.
Between January and June, the production of French initiative feature films reached a record high of 92 projects put into production in 2015, against 57 in 2014 (+ 60%) and 72 in 2013. Overall investment is up 90% with the average budget increasing from 5 to 6 million euros, thanks mainly to two films with budgets over 20 million.
Between the first half of 2014 and first half of 2015, 29 films had budgets of between 4 and 10 million euros, against 11 in 2014. There was also a 50% increase in the number of films with budgets between 2 and 4 million euros: 24 in all – the most for eight years. However, FICAM also notes a rise in the number of French films shot outside France: 37% in the 1st half of 2015 – 17% more than in 2014.
Sources: communiqué de presse ficam.fr et cineuropa.org
