Producer & co-producer
In Belgium, there is a variety of sources of finance for audiovisual projects, linked to different regional settings:
The Communities - give financial support for various stages of the production process; scriptwriting and development, production, promotion, theatrical distribution and broadcasting - on the basis of cultural criteria.
-French Community (Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel)
-Flemish Community (Flanders Audiovisual Fund)
The Regions, on the other hand, are involved in the industrial development of audiovisual practice by subsidizing projects or structures.
- Wallonia and Brussels (Wallimage/Bruxellimage)
- Flanders (Flanders Audiovisual Fund)
On a national level, the tax shelter offers tax benefits to Belgian companies or enterprises that invest in an audiovisual work - short and feature films, TV fiction and documentaries.
Belgian producers have access to the main European sources of financing - Eurimages of the Council of Europe and the MEDIA programme of the European Commission.
In Belgium, broadcasters are important partners in financing. Both public and private broadcasters are obliged to invest part of their resources in independent production, either by co-producing or via pre-sales.
For foreign producers interested in accessing support of the institutions above-mentioned, the best and easiest way is to first find a local producer via the Belgian producers associations.