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
The two sides of the Chinese coin: what we can and cannot learn from China
In deze talk verbindt John Vandaele de twee kanten van de Chinese medaille(s), een land waar je niet zwart-wit kan over oordelen en waarmee we best blijven samenwerken op een evenwichtige manier.
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Minerals for the Energy Transition: Win-Win or Extractivism 2.0?
This discussion explores the important and timely issue of how Europe's shift to green energy affects the global demand for critical minerals and the social and environmental impacts on the countries that supply them.
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Agriculture versus nature? Towards socially just and environmentally sustainable food systems based on food sovereignty
Agriculture is at the crossroads of several system crises, it should also be at the crossroads of the solutions to these multiple crises.
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Forward Fest is organized by 11.11.11, ngo-federation and VLIR-UOS in collaboration with MO* with the support of Belgian development cooperation.
11.11.11
THE COALITION FOR INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY.
11.11.11 aims to eradicate exploitation from the world. Everyone – anywhere in the world – has the right to a dignified existence. To truly make a change, power and resources must be distributed more fairly, and the current system must be questioned.
More info on 11.be
NGO-FEDERATIE
FLEMISH FEDERATION OF NGOS FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION.
The ngo-federation represents its members to the federal and other governments, supports the members in their discussions with those governments, promotes cooperation within the sector, and strengthens the quality of NGOs’ operations.
More info on ngo-federatie.be
VLIR-UOS
INNOVATIVE RESPONSES TO GLOBAL AND LOCAL CHALLENGES
VLIR-UOS supports partnerships and scholarships between universities and colleges in both Flanders and the Global South, seeking innovative solutions for global as well as local challenges.
More info on vliruos.be
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