screen.brussels

“Over the past decade, Brussels and its animation talents have succeeded in putting themselves at the forefront of the European animation map. It’s therefore a privilege to see Cartoon Business 2025 take up residence just a few steps away from the Brussels Animation Valley. We’re looking forward to witnessing the birth of many ambitious co-production projects that will travel far beyond our (narrow) borders.” Noël Magis • Managing Director, screen.brussels

Animation in the Brussels-Capital Region is supported by screen.brussels, which has invested in almost 50 animated features and series since 2016. In 2024, it has invested 838,000 euros in five animated features and one series. So far, the investment for 2025 amounts to more than 500,000 euros, for three animated features and two series.

Activity is focused in a group of animation studios and production companies located along the canal that runs through the region, dubbed the Brussels Animation Valley. Its studios include Carbone 14, Enclume Animation Studio, Mac Guff Belgium, Miyu Productions BE, nWave, Panique!, Squarefish, Studio Souza, The Pack, and Walking the Dog. Production companies in the valley include Vivi Films, nWave Pictures, Umedia, Panique!, Take Five, La Compagnie Cinématographique, Artemis Production, Stacka, Need Productions, Stacka and Kwassa Films.

The Brussels Animation Valley produces features, series and shorts, with recent notable titles including: Melville (produced by Walking the Dog and Need Productions) Savages, Our Summer of Freedom, The Tinies and Olivia and the invisible earthquake (all coproduced by Panique!); Yugly, The Inseparables and Chickenhare (produced by nWave Pictures); Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds (coproduced by Take Five); Valemon, The Polar Bear Prince, Upside Down River and Titina (coproduced by Vivi Film); The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol and Outfoxed (produced by Walking the Dog); Le Corset (produced by Be Side); Patouille et Momo, Night of the Zoopocalypse (produced by Umedia); Bottanix (produced by Stacka) and La grande rêvasion (produced by Kwassa Films).

And throughout Belgium, further private investments flow into animation thanks to the federal government’s Tax Shelter Incentive.

The international animation festival Anima in Brussels attracts 40,000 people a year. It is qualified to nominate its candidates for the Oscars®, and is famous for its friendly atmosphere and its pancakes.