Benelux Co-Development Grant

The Benelux Co-Development Grant is intented as additional funding for feature film or animation projects that have confirmed development funding from one or more of the participating film funds.

The grant was created to stimulate more sustainable collaboration between creative teams of the Benelux regio. Through the grant, Benelux producers are encouraged to explore the most effective and natural coproduction structure for their films and the corresponding financing strategy.

The Benelux Co-Development Grant is exclusively reserved for independent producers from Flanders, Wallonia-Brussels, the Netherlands and Luxembourg with projects that have received development funding from a collaborating fund.

For this scheme, the following contribution can be applied for:

• €50,000 per feature film (fiction or animation)

A maximum of three projects are selected each year.

There are no spending obligations for selected projects.

Important: Selection for the Benelux scheme does not guarantee funding in a subsequent phase.

To be eligible for a contribution, the following conditions apply:

• The application should be submitted by the delegate producer.
• There are three coproducers from different production companies, based in the three Benelux countries affiliated to the project.
• The applicant or one of the Benelux coproducers must hold the majority rights of the project;
• The director must fulfill the eligibility criteria of the delegate producer’s film fund.
• The delegate producer must represent an independent production company (a legal entity, not a sole proprietorship or VOF), established for at least two years in the Benelux and continuously active in film and audiovisual production.
  
• The delegate producer must have been the majority producer on at least one feature film that received a theatrical release in their Benelux country of origin.
• The script should be at an advanced stage of development (no treatment).
• The project must not have received production support yet.

An application for this scheme can be submitted before 17:00 CET on the day of the deadline. 

Applications for the Benelux Co-Development scheme can be submitted via the Flemish Audiovisual Fund. Click the button for all information about the scheme and the application process.