Location Flanders
Location Flanders is the central film commission for Flanders, Belgium.
Launched in 2008 by Flanders Image* and the City Film Offices of Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent and Ostend, Location Flanders is your first stop to a network of local film offices providing information, introductions and support to filmmakers, both internationally and nationally. Recently also the cities of Leuven and Mechelen joined Location Flanders.
Location Flanders supplies information about Flanders as a location for features, television films and series, documentaries, music videos, commercials, etc.
Location Flanders and the local Film Offices will take care of your shooting permits, assist you with location scouting, introduce you to local partners, coordinate contacts between the different city or regional departments and offer logistic support where possible.
Filming in Flanders
The first step in applying to shoot in Flanders is by completing the Shooting Request online.
On this site you can find all the necessary information, as well as contact details for each city. For general questions, or if you don’t know yet where you will be shooting, you can contact us directly.
It is our aim to offer a trouble-free and rewarding shooting period in Flanders to all parties involved. Our selling points include:
- Highly qualified technical staff that speak several languages
- Full state-of-the-art post-production facilities
- Highly competitive pricing
- Location scouts and managers experienced in servicing domestic and international projects
- The Belgian Tax Shelter system for audiovisual production, the most user-friendly of its kind
- A wide variety of breathtaking historical and contemporary locations
- Location Flanders is a member of the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) and the European Film Commission Network (EUFCN)
* Flanders Image is a division of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
