Euro Connection 2027
Short film producers looking for a European co-producer can pitch here during the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market in February 2027.
closes today
Pitch event or market Brussels, Belgium
Pitchcomité voor fictie (single)
Run by Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF, Flanders Audiovisual Fund)
Flemish fiction projects of 26 minutes or longer must pass this pitch before the Flanders Audiovisual Fund will take a script, development or production request. Writers pitch for up to six minutes and then talk with the panel, and the written application must be in Dutch.
Deadline Oct 29, 2026 (closes in 9 days)
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Dates
| Deadline | Date | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Last pitch deadline of 2026 (moved from 1 December) | Oct 29, 2026 | free |
Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.
At a glance
- Entry fee
- FreeNo fee
- Formats
- Feature
- Language
- Dutch
- Where
- Brussels, Belgium (enter online)
- Who can apply
- Majority Flemish fiction of 26 to 69 minutes or 70 minutes and longer, including children's and youth films. Applicants are Flemish-based legal entities or adults of any nationality living or working in the EU. The writer needs a produced feature or an hour of TV fiction, a master's degree in screenwriting or directing, a completed VAF scenario workshop or a VAF Wildcard, or the project needs a director or producer with a professionally made and distributed work. Remakes and school projects are excluded.
- Prizes
- No money at this stage. A positive pitch is required before a script, development or production application for the project can be filed with the VAF.
What to send
- Length
- Two A4 pages with a logline, a description of the plan and a short presentation of yourself
- File
- Your name on the script
- Allowed
- Also asked for
- Apply through MyVAF, in Dutch. Visual material or links to earlier work are optional. Up to two projects per round.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
A session of up to 20 minutes: a pitch of at most six minutes, then up to fourteen minutes of questions and suggestions from a panel that mixes industry and non-industry members. A project that fails can be pitched once more.
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