Escautville was founded in 2011 by artists Wim Catrysse, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Ria Pacquée, Frank Theys and Koen Theys. Since 2022 artist Lisa Spilliaert has joined Escautville.

The organization supports, produces, distributes and promotes the audiovisual art projects of its founding artists. In addition, Escautville is also committed to a number of guest production for both emerging and established artists.

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Escautville is run by Ulrike Lindmayr and Vincent Stroep.

The organization is structurally supported by the Flemish government.