Screen Flanders distributes €2 million to ten productions

Pascale Paoli-Lebailly | 27-11-2013

Ten productions are to receive a total of €2 million of support through the Screen Flanders economic fund, to be distributed in the fund's first call of 2013.

The ten supported titles together represent well over €8.5 million in audiovisual expenditure in the Flanders region.

The first call of 2013 ended in June. Amounts per project vary between €50,000 and €400,000 per project.

The final call for 2013 opened on 1 September and closed on 25 October. A maximum of €3 million will be distributed among applicants in this call.

Among the ten projects supported are the French preschool animated series Dimitri for France Tιlιvisions, produced by Vivement Lundi ! In France with Belgian co-producer Beast Productions.

La Tierra Roja, is a fiction project from Entre Chien et Loup in Belgium and Flemish co-producer A Private View.

Me & Kaminski is another drama project from X Filme Creative Pool in Denmark and Belgian partner Potemkino.

Via Screen Flanders the Government of Flanders offers financial support to audiovisual productions that spend part of their budget within the Flanders Region.

Belgian producers can apply to receive up to €400,000 refundable advances by way of economic support to cover their audiovisual expenses in the Flanders Region.

Foreign producers interested in applying for the fund can co-produce with a Belgian producer that satisfies the selection criteria.

The main condition of the fund is that the co-production must enrich the cultural heritage of Flanders and invest a minimum of €250,000 in the Flanders Region.

Every euro entrusted to a producer must yield at least €1 of audiovisual expenditure in the region.

Applications are assessed by a jury consisting of both economic and cultural experts.

Screen Flanders is an initiative of the Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters and the Flemish Minister for Cultural Affairs, Joke Schauvliege.