‘The State of fiction - Evaluation and Prospects of Belgian TV Drama in Europe’

Are You Series? is celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2017! The Belgian audio-visual landscape has evolved a lot in a few years. We offer a review of the creation of series, with accompanying figures, with political decision makers, the people managing public funds and the broadcasters. After this substantiated review of audio-visual creation, we will attempt to answer the following question: what should the artistic and financial policies for the coming five years be?

With the participation of Sven Gatz, Flemish Minister for Culture, Media, Youth and Brussels and Alda Greoli, Vice-President and Minister for Culture, Youth and Lifelong Learning.

​Programme:
16:45 > 17:30 Keynote Tim Raats (Senior researcher SMIT/VUB and co-author Econopolis Evaluation of Flemish drama support )
What have all the supporting measures yielded? How well is fiction doing and what revenue is it generating? We also place the Belgian market in perspective and look at to what extent foreign models can serve as an example.

17:30 > 18:00 Presentation of strategy by the main regional funds: Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Fonds Séries FWB-RTBF, screen.brussels, Wallimage
Avec Jeanne Brunfaut & François Tron (sous réserve) (Fonds FWB - RTBF), Noël Magis (screen.brussels), Karla Puttemans (VAF), Philippe Reynaert (Wallimage)

18:00 > 18:30 Keynote speech by Ministers for Culture Sven Gatz and Alda Greoli

18:30 > 19:15 Round table discussion on the future challenges of Belgian TV drama
With Sylvie Cocquart-Morel (Head of Drama, RTBF), Isabelle Molhant (CEO, Casa Kafka Pictures), Helen Perquy (Expert International Co-production VRT), Jan Theys (Executive producer, De Mensen). Moderator: Baptiste Charles (screen.brussels)

19:15 > 20:00 Cocktail