The CBA is a co-production structure dedicated to supporting cinematic approaches of documentary that reality and develop a personal view of the world. More than 40 years standing by filmmakers The CBA was created in November 1978 by Belgian filmmaker Henri Storck in the wake of the dynamic initiated by Jean-Claude Batz in the early 1970s. A broader movement around documentary cinema was born, reviving the great tradition of Belgian documentary. In order to support this emergence, the CBA was created in the form of a production (and later co-production) facility, a real centre for film creation at the service of documentary filmmakers. The CBA adopts at its creation Jean Vigo’s definition of documentary cinema, that of a “documented point of view”, of an author/filmmaker who, after researching and carefully reflecting on his subject, brings to the public his viewpoint, his subjectivity, his share of truth through a singular cinematic approach. Throughout its history, the CBA has been an actor, a driving force, a discoverer, a witness and an echo chamber for the fertile evolution of Belgian documentary cinema, from direct cinema to more experimental forms or film essays. The films supported by the CBA resolutely go out to meet the public, whether it is on Belgian and foreign television channels, in festivals, cinemas, museums, cultural institutions, or in VOD-SVOD. Every year, CBA films are selected in more than 200 international festivals and are screened in as many cultural events. Since its foundation, the CBA has supported, produced or co-produced, nearly 450 documentary films. The CBA is supported by the Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles, the French-speaking Public Service of the Brussels-Capital Region and the WBI. The CBA’s own resources from film revenues also contribute to its annual budget.