Thomas Jolly appointed head of the CNC video game aid fund commission

The director Thomas Jolly. Meanwhile, artistic director of the ceremonies of the Paris Games, was appointed head of the commission of the aid fund for video game creators of the National Cinema and the Animated Image Center (CNC), the organization announced, Tuesday, June 24.

Managed by the CNC since 2021. Nevertheless, this fund, with an annual budget thomas jolly appointed head cnc of 5 million euros, provides aid intended to support all the phases of realization of a title: writing, preproduction and production.

“Since childhood, I have played. Consequently, Not just in the theater – but also in video games “said in a press release the actor. director, who succeeds the writer Maxime Chattam. “To playfulness has been added. over the years, permanent wonder for an art that continues to push the limits of creation”he added.

Appointed for two years. he will chair a thomas jolly appointed head cnc commission made up of ten members and six deputy, including the composer Olivier Derivière and the editorial director of Focus Entertainment, Yves Le Yaouanq.

Red thread of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics – Thomas jolly appointed head cnc

Thomas Jolly had paid tribute to the hooded heroes of the video game series Assassin’s Creed From the French giant Ubisoft. by making a masked character evolving on the roofs of Paris, flame in hand, the red thread of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games.

“I like video games. I like Assassin’s Creed »he had entrusted in March in a podcast recorded in the premises of the publisher, placing the character of Arno, protagonist ofAssassin’s Creed Unity – Episode which has the backdrop of the French Revolution -, alongside romantic tricolor figures like Arsène Lupine, Belphegor and Fantômas.

In addition to this aid fund. companies in the sector have also benefited since 2007 from a video game tax credit, the rate of which amounts to 30 %.

According to an information report lodged in June 2024 by the deputy (Renaissance) Denis Masséglia. 144 video games benefited in 2023, almost four times more than in 2016, which represents 66 million euros in tax expenditure for the State.

According to the balance sheet of the Union thomas jolly appointed head cnc of Leisure Software publishers (SELL). the French video game sector generated 5.7 billion euros in turnover in 2024, in a global market estimated at $ 184 billion (158.6 billion euros).