Belgium/ 5.3 Sector specific legislation  

5.3.6 Film, video and photography

Flemish Community

• The Arts Decree - Decree Concerning the Subsidising of Arts Organisations, Artists, Arts Education and Socio-artistic Organisations, International Initiatives, Publications and Support Centres (2 April 2004, amended in early summer 2008).

Since 2006, audio-visual arts organisations whose activities are situated outside the jurisdiction of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, have been funded within the Arts Decree. The organisations funded within the Arts Decree primarily have a role of presenting audio-visual arts, with an emphasis on educational aspects. The VAF mainly funds audiovisual creation.

Support for new work, education and international promotion in the film industry is mainly granted by the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds [Flemish Audiovisual Fund], established by Decree on 13 April 1999. There are regulations for supporting production, development and promotion, as well as other grants and training initiatives.

From 2008 onwards, experimental and non-screen-based media art have been transferred from the Flemish Fund to the Arts Decree, as it is seen to be more part of the visual arts field than part of the traditional film production sector.

French Community

• Royal Order of 22 June 1967 Aiming to Promote French Language Cinematographic Culture (MB 06.02.1968).

Amendments

• Royal Order of 17 February 1976 Acting to Amend the Royal Order of 22 June 1967 Aiming to Promote French-speaking Cinematographic Culture (MB 11.03.1976);
• Royal Order of 24 March 1978 Acting to Amend the Royal Order of 22 June 1967 Aiming to Promote French-speaking Cinematographic Culture;
• Order of the Government of the French Community of 4 April 1995 Amending the Royal Order of 22 June 1967 Aiming to Promote French-speaking Cinematographic Culture (MB 23.06.1995);
• Order of the Government of the French Community of 25 March 1996 Amending the Royal Order of 22 June 1967 Aiming to Promote French-speaking Cinematographic Culture (MB 14.06.1996);
• Order of the Government of the French Community of 21 December 1998 Amending the Royal Order of 22 June 1967 Aiming to Promote French-speaking Cinematographic Culture (MB 02.03.1999);
• Order of the Government of the French Community of 5 May 1999 Amending the Royal Order of 22 June 1967 Aiming to Promote French-speaking Cinematographic Culture (MB 11.11.1999);
• Order of the Government of the French Community of 18 December 2001 Amending the Royal Order of 22 June 1967 Aiming to Promote French-speaking Cinematographic Culture (MB 21.02.2002);
• Order of the Executive Powers of the French Community of 26 July 1990 Relating to the Agreement, Subsidising of Production, and Hosting Workshops for Films and Videograms (MB 28.11.1990);
• Decree of 22 December 1994 Defining Various Measures Relating to Audiovisual Production and Education (MB 14.05.1995);
• Order of the Government of the French Community of 12 April 1995 Regarding the Budgetary, Financial and Accounting Management of the "Centre of Cinema and Audiovisual" (MB 20.05.1995); and
• Order of the Government of the French Community of 9 July 1996 Relating to the Creation of the Consultation Committee for the Centre for Cinema and Audiovisual (MB 04.09.1996).

Amendment

• Order of the Government of the French Community of 18 September 1996 Amending the Order of 9 July 1996 Regarding the Creation of the Committee for Dialogue of the Centre for Cinema and the Audiovisual (MB 14.12.1996);
• Order of the Government of the French Community of 21 May 1997 Amending the Structure of the Consultation Committee for the Centre for Cinema and the Audiovisual (MB 05.11.1997); and
• Order of the Government of the French Community of 20 February 2003 Amending the Decree of 9 July 1996 Establishing the Consultation Committee for the Centre for Cinema and the Audiovisual (MB 24.07.2003).

German-speaking Community

• 26.04.1999 – Media Decree.

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