e Un programme de l’Union européenne SHORT FILMS SUPPORTS IN EUROPE Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Lithuania Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Spain Switzerland Published in 2013 MEDIA Desk France - 9 rue Ambroise Thomas - F-75009 Paris +33 1 47 27 12 77 - [email protected] - www.mediafrance.eu SHORT FILMS SUPPORTS IN… belgium Funding opportunities Centre du Cinéma or 50000 € for animated films. et de l’Audiovisuel (CCA) Foreign projects can be eligible if all the admissibility conditions are met. The maximum amount for those projects is 15000 €. Admissibility: independent pro- CSF (Film Selection Commis- duction company, registered in sion) – Short-length Films pro- Belgium. the whole support has duction and postproduction to be spent in Belgium. The di- GENERAL OVERVIEW support - made up of profes- rector has to be Belgian or Eu- Population: 10,9 million sionals, must issue an advice on ropean citizen (or resident in Languages: French, Dutch each admissible file submitted Belgium for 5 years). The direc- and German by the candidates. This advice tor’s nationality and country of Currency: Euro is then transmitted to the com- residence play a part in the dis- Number of theatres and petent Minister, who decides tinction between a national or a screens: 491 screens on granting or not the subsi- foreign project. (144 digital screens) / dies. For short-length films, the For foreign projects: All the 103 theatres committee meets 3 times a year. admissibility conditions above The members are spread over 2 must have been met. 30% of the Average admission colleges to examine the projects: financing has to be confirmed. per inhabitants: 2,055 • 1st college: Director’s first In 2010, 27 shorts have been Full-length films: short-length film granted for production or post- 39 productions, • 2nd college: Director’s 2nd and production (38000 € in average). 30 co-productions in 2009 following short-length film Ministère de la Communauté Supported Projects: cinema- française Short-length films: Service général About 100 a year tographic works of less than 60 min. (fiction, animation) dedi- de l’Audiovisuel Governmental organisations cated to cinema theatres scree- et des Multimédias in charge of the cinema: ning in priority. Boulevard Léopold II, 44 B - Centre du Cinéma et de Amounts: The subsidies to pro- 1080 Brussels l’Audiovisuel (CCA) duction or post-production Tel: +32 2 413 35 02 - Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds granted by the French Commu- Eve-Laure Avigdor: (VAF) nity of Belgium are advances on [email protected] income, reimbursable from the www.centreducinema.be first euro on the net operating world income of the film. Ac- tually, producers can apply for maximum 42500 € for fictions Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (shorts) 150 000 € (medium) 833 500 €), 9 medium (VAF) - Aid to production Animation: 175 000 € (shorts) length documentary 400 000 € (medium) films were supported Conditions: Amounts limited (237 575 €) and 1 mino- in function of the global budget rity medium length do- Supported projects : short-len- for films. cumentary film 33 750 €. gth (up to 25 min.) and me- The commission gathers 4 times Vlaams Audiovisueel dium-length (between 25 and a year. Fonds 59 min.) fiction films, animated In 2012, 6 short-length fiction, Bischoffsheimlaan 38 films and documentaries. among which 1 minoritary fla- 1000 Brussel Maximal aid mish film, have been granted Tel: +32 2 226 06 30 Fiction: 87 500 € (shorts) (320 000 euros), 12 short-len- [email protected] 300 000 € (medium) gth animated films (2 minorita- www.vaf.be Documentaries: 42 500 € ry) have been granted (around Tax Shelter of audiovisual Works with the new possibility of finan- The Tax Shelter is a tax incentive exception, however, of televi- cing this type of work. meant to encourage the pro- sion broadcasting companies. While some companies are duction of belgian audiovisual To be eligible, audiovisual works beginning to include the works and films. This mecha- must be approved by relevant tax shelter in their short nism allows a company wishing departments of the Community films financing plan, this to invest by providing financial as a European work as defined is still a new phenomenon, backing for audiovisual produc- by the Directive «Television wi- and therefore more difficult tions to benefit from exemption thout frontiers « of October 3, to quantify and evaluate. of any retained taxable profits 1989 (89/552/EEC). Federal Public Service worth up to 150% of the sums FINANCE actually paid. Tax Shelter and short Rue de la Loi 24 Eligibility: all resident compa- length films B-1000 Brussels nies and Belgian establishments Since January 1st, 2010 the op- Tél. : +32 257 938 35 of non-resident companies portunity to benefit from the Véronique TAI: whose main purpose is the de- tax shelter is open to short films. [email protected] velopment and the production This mechanism is therefore a Regional Funds CLAP: Bureau d’accueil des paid in 2 instalments: first, after tournages des Provinces de the location scouting and se- Liège, Luxembourg et Namur cond, after the production. Support grant to the produc- Conditions: set-finding in the tion of short-length films Provinces of Liège, Luxembourg Supported projects: and/or Namur, as well as the short-length film shooting if set-finding prospec- Admissibility: grants are ting is positive. The request can strictly limited to short be filed any time. films produced by a Bel- CLAP asbl gian producer, possibly Rue des Croisiers, 17 co-produced with a fo- 4000 Liège reign producer. Tel. : + 32 4 237 97 41 Maximal aid: 2 000 € www.clapliege.be SHORT FILMS SUPPORTS IN BELGIUM Province de Hainaut naut and primarily help hai- tors, service companies, Supported projects: documen- nuyers or resident in Hainaut technicians and actors. taries and short-length films filmmakers. Are also taken into Hainaut Cinéma asbl Maximum amount of aid: account in the assessment of DGAC 15 000 € (on an annual budget the case: the location of the pro- Rue A. Warocqué, 59 of 50 000,00 €) duction company in Hainault, B-7100 La Louvière Conditions: The Provincial hainuyer heritage promotion Tel: +32 64 312 800 Fund is open to producers lo- and location of the shooting, [email protected] cated in the province of Hai- the use of hainuyers contrac- www.hainaut.be Broadcaster RTBF Special fund Admissibility: projects submitted must have a Belgian co-producer (profit company or not) which files folder. 2 sessions per year RTBF (public television) co-pro- are planned: a first between late duces 10 short films a year March and early May and a se- (among which 1 minor) thanks cond between late September CO-PRODUCTION to the RTBF Special Fund – a and early November. Projects can AGREEMENTS: credit managed by the CCA on be submitted only once. which RTBF has a right to draw RTBF As concerns the audiovisual according to the projects it wi- Arlette Zylberberg – in charge co-production, the recur- ring partners vary whether shes to co-produce. of fiction people work with the French Boîte BRR056 Projects supported: 5 to 50 min. or the Flemish Community: works of fiction or animation Desk 7M22 on the one hand, they cultu- (film school excluded) Boulevard Reyers, 52 rally turn to France, on the Amounts: 5 000 € in co-produc- 1044 Brussels other hand, to the Nether- tion (giving right to a percentage Tel: +32 2 737 25 17 lands. on the future incomes) + 75 € Frédérique Larmagnac : Co-production agreements per minute in pre-sales. [email protected] associate Belgium with the following countries: France, Events Germany, Italy, Israel, Tunisia, Canada, Switzerland. International Short Film Brussels Short Film Festival Festival in Leuven (IKL) The French Community of Belgium (Centre du Ciné- ma et de l’Audiovisuel) has, The festival takes place in De- for its part, concluded five cember and the film submis- The festival takes place in April co-production agreements with: Portugal, Tunisia, Mo- sion deadline is in August. Be- and the film submission dead- rocco, Italy and France. sides the festival’s events and line is in February. competitions IKL organises Organisers have created a com- Online professional speeddating between short- munity platform for the short directory: film writers and producers. film lovers : www.wallimage.be Moreover the organisers www.weloveshortfilms.com www.mediabase.be have a new distribution www.bsff.be www.bruxellestournage.be www.keynet.be initiative dedicated to supported shorts (www.daltondis- e by MEDIA tribution.be). www.kortfilmfestival.be supported e by MEDIA Published in 2013 by MEDIA Desk France – Source: MEDIA Desk Belgium - Flemish Community SHORT FILMS SUPPORTS IN… bulgaria Funding opportunities Bulgarian National Film Only companies registered ac- Center (Executive Agency) cording the Bulgarian Trade Law and registered as produ- cers, distributors or exhibitors at the National Film Center – The focus of the Bulgarian Na- Bulgaria can apply for funding. tional Film Center is on the The state support is allocated to support of making, distribu- film projects, selected by a Na- tion, promotion, and exhibition tional Commission of experts GENERAL OVERVIEW of national film productions. It on a competitive basis. Population: 7 364 570 is fully supported from the go- With the Bulgarian National (as for 1st February 2011) vernment. The principal of the Film Center’s financial support Language: Bulgarian Bulgarian National Film Cen- in 2011, 7 feature films, 5 feature Currency: Lev (BGN) ter is the Ministry of Culture of documentaries, 3 medium-len- 1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN the Republic of Bulgaria. The gth documentaries (up to Number of screens (2011): following genres are eligible for 60 min), 7 animation shorts, 28 cinemas with 131 screens funding by the Bulgarian Natio- 2 minority feature film co-pro- nal Film Center: ductions, 2 feature-length do- Average admission Following genres are eligible for cumentary minority co-pro- per inhabitants (2011): 0,6 funding by the Bulgarian Natio- ductions and 1 medium-length Full-length films (2011): nal Film Center: documentary minority co-pro- 20 productions (7 state, • Development and produc- duction were made.