BELGIUM FILMING INCENTIVES

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Overview

Type of incentiveFilm Fund
Qualifying formats
  • - Feature film - fiction (theatrical)
  • - Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • - TV Film or TV series - fiction
  • - TV Film or TV series - documentary
  • - Video/online gaming production
Qualifying productions
  • - National productions
  • - Co-productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend0.00
Financial cap per production500000
Do I have to register/set up a company?Yes
Does foreign cast/crew paid in their home country/region qualify as expenditure? No
Do foreign cast/crew have to pay tax in the host country/state/region? No
Does travel to/from country/region qualify as expenditure? Yes
Can a production qualify for other national incentives such as cultural programmes if it qualifies for this incentive? No
Criteria to access the benefit
  • - Minimum percentage of the film that must be shot in the region: 0.00%
  • - Minimum spend 45000 (in local currency)
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
    Additional incentives or advantages
    • - Minimum spend varies between feature films and television series (EUR250,000), documentaries and animated series (EUR75,000), and web series (EUR45,000).

      Three calls a year are made for applications, in February, June and October.

      A certain amount of funding must be in place for eligibility: 30% for feature-length films, television series, documentaries and animated programmes, 60% for special formats and 80% for web series.

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