Federal Act
on Film Production and Film Culture
(Film Act, FiA)

¹ Films sub­sid­ised by the Con­fed­er­a­tion must be made avail­able in more than one na­tion­al lan­guage.

² A com­pany may dis­trib­ute a title for its first pub­lic show­ing in the cinema or for oth­er uses of the work only if it holds the rights for the whole of Switzer­land to all lan­guage ver­sions that are avail­able for ex­ploit­a­tion in Switzer­land.¹⁶

³ The fore­go­ing does not ap­ply to ex­ploit­a­tion by broad­cast­ing or­gan­isa­tions in pro­gramme ser­vices un­der Art­icle 2 let­ter a of the Fed­er­al Act of 24 March 2006¹⁷ on Ra­dio and Tele­vi­sion.¹⁸