Good questions. Straight answers.

Start with the estimator on our pricing page. It asks a few short questions about what you're filming, where, for how long and how much editing it needs, and your answers become a brief. We then check the location and the airspace, call you if anything is unclear, and confirm the real price before anything is booked.

Try the estimator

As soon as you know the date. It's rarely the shoot itself that takes time. It's the location, the edit and our calendar. Controlled airspace adds its own lead time, and some sites in Brussels need two to three weeks of authorisations. In wedding and festival season, the earlier the better. Tell us the date and the place, and we'll tell you straight whether it works.

Lead times in Brussels

Just five things: what you want to film, the date or how flexible it is, the location, a rough budget and one or two films you like. The brief builder on our contact page asks exactly that. With those answers we can check the airspace, plan the shots and quote without a long call first.

Build your brief

Yes. We join other productions as the aerial unit and bring the aircraft, the pilot, an observer for FPV and the flight paperwork. We shoot to your specs, including 10-bit D-Log M on both drones, so the files drop straight into your grade. Send us the call sheet and the shot list, and we'll tell you what the airspace allows.

Aerial cinematography and drone crew

Usually the operator does, not you. EU drone rules have applied in Belgium since 31 December 2020: the operator registers with the aviation authority, the pilot holds the certificate the drone needs, and every flight stays within the standard rules or has its own permit. Some zones add conditions, and taking off in a public place needs the town hall's permission. When you hire us, that paperwork is ours.

Drone rules in Belgium

Yes, with preparation. Every Brussels location we have checked sits inside the controlled zones around Brussels Airport, so each flight is filed with air traffic control (skeyes), and over most of the city the limit is 45 metres (150 ft), not 120. The historic centre adds rules around public institutions and royal estates, and the town hall must approve take-off in a public place. We handle all of it.

Drone filming in Brussels

Normally 120 metres above the ground, and our DJI Mini 4 Pro has that limit built in. Over most of Brussels the limit is 150 feet, about 45 metres, because of the airport. Anything higher needs a special permit from the aviation authority first.

Brussels airspace, explained

Not over a crowd. EU rules forbid flying over gatherings of people, and the Belgian authority counts busy beaches, parks on a sunny day and shopping streets as gatherings. Our small drones may briefly pass over a passer-by, but never over a crowd. At events we fly beside or behind the audience; flying over it needs a special permit.

How we film events

Yes, as long as every other rule is met, the pilot keeps the drone in sight and it shows a flashing green light. In Brussels, a night flight is filed with air traffic control just like a daytime one.

The kit we fly

FPV means first-person view: the pilot flies through goggles, so the drone can thread through doors, along corridors and close to structures in one continuous take. We fly a DJI Avata 2, a small drone with ducted props. Belgium requires an observer for FPV flights, so an FPV shoot always has a pilot and an observer on site.

FPV one-take films

Belgian law asks three things of a professional drone operator: registration with the aviation authority, pilots with the competency each drone's class requires, and civil liability insurance for the flights. Our operator number, pilot certificates and insurance are on the equipment page, so a safety officer can check them before the shoot.

The paperwork

We watch the forecast with you and make the call together, ideally the day before. We don't fly in rain, and small drones have wind limits: our Mini 4 Pro is rated for wind up to 10.7 m/s. If the weather says no, the flying moves to a backup date at no extra cost.

Our weather policy

It depends on the job more than the kit. One Mini 4 Pro battery gives about 34 minutes in the air and one Avata 2 battery about 23, so we plan flights around the moments that matter. A single property is a short job, while a wedding or an event runs as long as the day does.

How a shoot runs

We need a contact on site who can open doors and answer questions, and permission from the venue or landowner for take-off and landing, if we haven't arranged it already. Please also give a heads-up to anyone who will be filmed, because people who are recognisable in a film have image rights. We bring the rest, including the flight paperwork.

What we need from you

Yes, with the FPV drone. Our DJI Avata 2 has ducted props and is built for close, one-take fly-throughs of breweries, hotels, offices and venues. EU drone rules do not apply indoors, but the venue's permission and the safety of everyone inside still do, so we plan the route, clear the path and brief the people in shot.

Indoor FPV fly-throughs

No. Most of our films mix ground and aerial footage. On the ground we film interviews on our Sony FX3 cinema camera, and details and speeches on a Sony A7 IV. One crew for both means one look, one colour grade and one edit.

Brand and commercial films

It depends on the edit, not the shoot. Short social cuts come first, while a full film with music, a colour grade and a round of changes takes longer. We agree the delivery date before the shoot and write it into the quote.

Typical timelines

Once the invoice is paid, you can use the finished film everywhere and for good: your website, your social channels, paid ads. We keep the copyright and the raw footage, and we ask before we show your film in our portfolio. If you need exclusivity or the copyright itself, say so in the brief. Our terms set out the details.

Usage rights in our terms

Yes. We cut to music licensed for the way the film will be used, because a licence for your website and socials isn't the same as one for broadcast or paid ads. Tell us where the film will run and we'll choose tracks cleared for it. Trending sounds are added in the Instagram or TikTok app when you post.

From edit to delivery

Every film comes in the shapes it will be watched in: 16:9 for websites and YouTube, 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, and square or 4:5 for feeds when you need them. The Mini 4 Pro shoots true vertical, so a 9:16 cut is framed in the air, not cropped out of a wide shot.

Social video & series

Yes, for 12 months after delivery, with the project, so a new cut or a different format later doesn't mean a new shoot. If you want the raw files themselves, they're €150 per shoot day.

Delivery and archive

Every film includes one round of changes. A round is one set of combined notes from your side, sent together, so the edit moves forward instead of going in circles. The new version is back within 24 to 48 hours, and extra rounds are €90 an hour, quoted first. We share a first cut early, so there's still time to change direction if needed.

How feedback works

Yes, within the rules. The GDPR applies as soon as people are recognisable, and image rights come on top: in Belgium, filming someone and publishing that image each need their consent. So we plan shots that avoid identifiable bystanders, and we ask for written releases from everyone who is featured.

Our privacy notice

Yes, anyone recognisable who is featured. Under Belgian law, agreeing to be filmed isn't the same as agreeing to be published, so a signed release that covers both protects you and them. We frame crowd and background shots so passers-by can't be identified.

How we prepare a shoot

Yes, in the edit. But first we avoid the problem on the day, through the angle, the height and the timing of each pass. If a shot we keep still shows a recognisable passer-by or a readable number plate, we blur it before delivery.

From shoot to edit

In Belgium, privacy isn't the aviation authority's job. Complaints about a drone filming people or private property go to the Data Protection Authority (APD/GBA) or to the police. Every drone must carry its operator's number, which identifies the operator. If you think it was one of ours, tell us directly.

Contact us

Yes, if the project is worth it ;) We're based in Brussels and travel across Europe and beyond. A Belgian operator registration is valid in every EU member state, so flights elsewhere in the EU only need to follow the local no-fly zones and permission rules. Outside the EU we check the national rules before we quote.

Shoots abroad

For normal flights, yes: a Belgian operator registration is valid across the EU, and the pilot carries proof of it. What changes are the local rules: each country publishes its own no-fly zones, and anything beyond the standard rules needs a request to that country's authority. We check both before we quote a shoot abroad.

Shoots abroad

Just the date, the location and access to it. We handle the flying side: the local no-fly zones, the landowner's or venue's permission for take-off, and any authorisation the country needs. Travel and accommodation are separate lines in the quote, so you can weigh the trip against hiring a local crew.

How destination shoots work