Nic Balthazar is a theater, television, and filmmaker (with internationally awarded feature films such as BEN X, TOT ALTIJD, and EVERYBODY HAPPY). As a Flemish environmental and climate activist, he has been working for nearly 20 years to raise awareness about climate change through documentaries, television programs like KLIMAATBETOOG, and video clips such as “The Big Ask” and “Dance for the Climate.”

His initiative SING FOR THE CLIMATE spread across 42 countries, for example. He is one of the founders of the Belgian KLIMAATZAAK (Climate Case) and produces documentaries on ecology, sustainability, and a better world with his own production company. The most recent, DUTY OF CARE, an internationally awarded documentary about climate litigation and the Dutch ‘climate lawyer’ Roger Cox, continues to travel around the world. In theater, he wrote and created highly successful productions like NIETS, NEELAND, and BADABOEM, which toured for multiple seasons and won awards as far as Berlin and New York.

Together with Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts, Nic will be closing Forward Fest 24 and talk about For Rosa, a play that tells the true story of Benjamin and Rosa, the 15-year-old girl who lost her life in the 2021 flood disaster in the Ardennes, during a youth camp for those who wanted to change the world.

Closing session 'For Rosa', together with Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts