Public highways
For filming on the public highway, you should get in touch directly with the Town Hall of the municipality in question. If the latter is unable to give direct authorization, you will be directed to the relevant, competent service at the Prefecture.
For further information, please contact the network of local film commissions.
Filming in the streets of Paris
General info
Paris Film (City of Paris film office) is the office in charge of receiving film shoots in Paris. It is the City of Paris’ single point of entry for submitting requests for filming permits for fiction (films, series, short films, web series), advertising films, advertising shoots, artistic photos, documentaries and music videos, in public space sites located within the boundaries of the City of Paris and managed by the City.
Nb : Paris Film does not handle requests for reports or live TV programs (game shows, reality shows, programs and recordings of live events…). Please contact: presse@paris.fr
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Contact
Fore more info contact Paris Film : tournages@paris.fr
Procedure
Any filming or shooting in the streets of Paris requires an authorization.
There are two types of authorizations according the shooting :
For a small crew of less than 10 people with light equipment, planning to film in the streets and bridges only : The prior declaration of filming on the public highway.
If the filming is planned with a total team of less than 10 people with light technical equipment such as a shoulder camera, in the streets and/or on bridges only, without parking vehicles, it will be necessary to file a request for prior declaration of filming on the public highway.
The deadline for submitting the request is one week before the shooting. Any request made less than one week before the shooting will be likely to be rejected.
Prior declarations are not subject to the payment of a fee. They must be accompanied by a commitment from the production to respect the sanitary rules for filming, otherwise they will be rejected.
For all other requests, whatever the configuration of the team : AGATE Authorization
For all other requests, whatever the configuration of the team, if you wish to shoot in a garden, a park, a wood (Boulogne and Vincennes), canals, riverbanks, cemeteries, markets, schools, museums, etc., you must obtain an authorization and pay fees for occupying the public domain for parking and for shooting. To do this, you must submit a request in Film Paris digital application AGATE.
These authorizations are also adapted for any particular request :
- reserve parking spaces for your technical vehicles,
- turning a waterfall,
- requesting an intermittent shutdown or neutralization of traffic in a street,
- requesting the removal of street furniture,
- use of washers, a lighting modification,
- organize a rouling,
- filming with police uniforms, silk-screened cars, fake weapons, game vehicles, with a drone, etc.
The request must be submitted in Film Paris digital application AGATE two weeks prior the shoot. Any application that does not meet the two-week deadline will be subject to rejection.
Useful information
Safety instructions: Use of props and “Law enforcement” imitation
Actors disguised as police officers must remain at the filming locations in order to avoid being confused with the real police. All sound effects linked to an intervention by the police force (shots, whistle …) are prohibited on public roads and must be operated in the studio. Rental police vehicles must be brought to the filming location with the utmost discretion. Outside of filming, the word “police” must be hidden. Likewise, the use of alarms is prohibited and must be reconstituted in the studio.