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Fabrique Fantastique

Animation

Beyond Wonder

Open roles
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Founded
2013
Employees
11-50
Offices
1

About Fabrique Fantastique

Fabrique Fantastique is a Belgian animation studio and production house developing original intellectual property and producing animated entertainment for international audiences. Founded in 2013, it began in Geel before relocating to a converted factory in Lier, Flanders. Its work spans preschool and children’s series, family features, short films and young-adult animation, alongside commercial projects and visuals for live entertainment.

The company combines concept development and executive production with international co-production and animation services. Its creative approach emphasizes world-building, character development and visual storytelling, with projects conceived for audiences across different territories and formats. Alongside screen production, its broader entertainment activities extend into licensing, merchandising and experiences that develop original properties beyond their initial broadcast or theatrical release.

Animation and storytelling

Production capabilities cover both 2D animation and 3D CGI, from concept art, scripts and storyboards through modeling, set design, rigging and animation to lighting, effects, rendering and compositing. The company works across original productions, co-productions and commissioned projects, bringing creative development and production coordination together within a broader entertainment group.

Its television work includes Interstellar Ella, a preschool space adventure distributed in more than 150 countries, and Sir Mouse, also known as Ridder Muis. Other series projects include BIM, My Little Heroes and Gardener Gavin. Feature work includes BIM and the young-adult magic-realist project Juul, while its wider film portfolio includes Mind My Mind, HEINZ and The Girl.

Beyond screen production

Fabrique Fantastique also develops visuals for concerts, touring shows and theatre. Reported projects include work for Ellie Goulding, George Ezra and Marco Borsato, as well as theatre visuals for De Nachtwandelaars. Its entertainment activities connect animation with family experiences, exhibitions and audio formats, allowing selected properties to reach audiences through several forms of storytelling.

The company remains active across multiple productions and co-productions, working within an international network of animation producers, broadcasters and distributors.

More about Fabrique Fantastique

Leadership and working model

  • Founder Tom Van Gestel is identified as CEO and creative director in the October 2026 research.
  • The company describes an integrated operating model using permanent contracts across production, technical animation, brand extensions and live entertainment.

Production technology

The reported CGI pipeline uses Autodesk Maya, Arnold, Substance Painter, Nuke and Deadline render management. Technical execution and third-party service production are handled through the group’s dedicated animation operation.

Co-production and support

  • International co-production partners include Apartment 11 in Canada, Avalon Films in Ireland, Peekaboo Animation and Amuse Animation in Spain, Kepler Film in the Netherlands and Toon2Tango in Germany.
  • Productions receive support through Screen Flanders, the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA and the Belgian Tax Shelter.

Recognition

The report identifies Sir Mouse as a recipient of the RTÉ Kids Choice Award and the feature BIM as the winner of the Juniors’ Jury Best Film award at the PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival. These distinctions belong to the productions; award years are not supplied.

Notable credits

20 credits
  • Interstellar Ella
  • Sir Mouse / Ridder Muis
  • BIM (animated television series)
  • Olga
  • My Little Heroes / Little Heroes
  • Gardener Gavin / Tuinman Tim
  • Dickie / Boerke
  • Juul
  • BIM (feature film)
  • HEINZ
  • Urbanus: De Vuilnisheld
  • Mind My Mind
  • The Girl
  • The Monster of Nix
  • Eureka!
  • Monachopsis
  • Ticking Away
  • Splintertime
  • De Nachtwandelaars
  • BOIC Olympic campaign publicity spot

Offices

Current and former locations of Fabrique Fantastique

2 locations
  • Lier Headquarters & Animation Studio

    Headquarters
    Sterrenstraat 48, 2500 Lier, BelgiumLier, Flanders, Belgium

    Overall headquarters, executive production offices and main animation facility in a converted factory complex spanning Sterrenstraat 48–50.

  • Geel office

    Former office
    Geel, Flanders, Belgium

    Original studio location before all operations moved to Lier. No facilities remain in Geel; the relocation year is not established.

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