Music Video, Commercial and AI Director in Brussels

Brussels at a glance

Brussels runs its screen support through screen.brussels, which combines a regional fund investing up to EUR 3 million a year in projects that spend money in the city, a film commission run by visit.brussels, and play.brussels, the audiovisual business cluster inside hub.brussels. The film commission gives no money itself; its job is permits, parking and locations, while finance comes from the fund or from Belgium's federal Tax Shelter.

music videos in Brussels

Ancienne Belgique stands on a city-centre site that dates back to the 15th century, opened as a music hall in 1931 and has been one of seven official Flemish arts institutions since 2017. Botanique, the former botanical garden, stages its spring festival Les Nuits across the Orangerie, the Rotonde and an outdoor big top with a stated focus on local talent, and the independent label PIAS started out in a Brussels basement as Play It Again Sam. The Brussels Times credits Stromae with showing local artists they could break through from a city far smaller than Paris, and Damso's 2016 debut signalled that Belgian rap could compete with France.

commercials in Brussels

Belgian advertising meets at the Creative Belgium Awards, often called the Oscars of Belgian advertising, where Brussels agency mortierbrigade, since rebranded as Brigada, was named Agency of the Year for the second year running in 2023. Some landmarks bring their own rules for brand work: the Atomium's image and trademarks are protected, and any use needs the operator's prior written permission.

locations and light

The Grand-Place, four town houses by Victor Horta and the Stoclet Palace are all on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the city has a wealth of Art Nouveau and Art Deco buildings, and parts of the Sonian Forest are UNESCO-listed beech woodland. The 1950s Atomium, listed in the screen.brussels location database, offers interiors, lifts and views across the city, but only with written permission from its operator.

working in Brussels

The visit.brussels Film Commission (tournage@visit.brussels, +32 2 289 60 82) is the region's filming helpdesk and handles filming and parking permit requests across Brussels. Each municipality sets its own lead time depending on which services are involved, and an application can be cancelled up to five working days before the shoot.

Film office: visit.brussels Film Commission (screen.brussels).

Belgium's federal Tax Shelter lets certified producers raise roughly 38 to 40% of eligible Belgian spend through investor tax certificates, but eligible works must be made for purposes other than advertising, so commercials do not qualify.

Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer).

Brussels Airport is the main gateway, and Air Canada flies non-stop from Toronto on a seasonal schedule that runs from late March into October.

AI-led and hybrid pieces can be developed remotely, with a live shoot in Brussels only where the idea needs one.