Calls for projects

Belgian Development Cooperation considers the audiovisual media to be a powerful tool in its mission to educate people about global citizenship. It provides financial support to audiovisual projects in line with its objectives. The aim of this public contract is to grant financial support to audiovisual projects dealing with human and sustainable development issues in relation to the global South and having an educational and civic scope. These audiovisual projects must be aimed at the Belgian public.

In concrete terms, various grants (and bonuses) are awarded - representing a maximum percentage of the total budget for projects of the following types: 

• Fiction, animation and docu-drama (between €24,000 and €48,000 excluding bonuses)
• Documentary (between €16,000 and €36,000 excluding bonuses)
• Tv-series (between €60,000 and €120,000 excluding bonuses)
• TV event (between €24,000 and €180,000 excluding bonuses)
• Promotion (between €5,000 and €20,000 excluding bonuses)
• Video games (between €30,000 and €80,000 excluding bonuses)
• Digital media (between €3,600 and €36,000 excluding bonus)

Production grant of € 50,000 to feature film projects realised in coproduction between European and international partners.In 2025, the TFL Co-Production Fund will assign a grant of € 50,000 to an international co-production currently in advanced development stage, planning to be completed by November 2025. A series of tailor-made consultancies will be organized according to the needs of the film teams, guiding them through the last preparatory stages before production. Moreover, the selected teams will be invited to attend the TFL Meeting Event in November 2025 in Torino, Italy. Attended every year by over 200 European and international film professionals, the TFL co-production market is an important occasion of visibility and an opportunity to find additional partners thanks to networking moments and one-on-one meetings.