During NEXT festival, IT'S A MATCH brings together cultural professionals, programmers and artists across borders. With the support of the Cultural Cooperation Agreement between Flanders and the Région Hauts-de-France, NEXT annually focuses on artistic and cultural projects emerging from cross-border dynamics. We get to know good practices, make new connections and unlock the exciting landscape of young creators from both regions.
#1: Tuesday 23 November 2021, Budascoop Kortrijk. 100 programme-makers, professionals and artists gathered for a 'TINDER ARTISTIQUE' and a RONDETABLESHIP on the sense and nonsense of cultural and artistic cooperation between Flanders and France.
Tinder Artistique
23 november 2021 14:30>17:00 Budascoop, Kortrijk
Tinder Artistique brought together 50 Flemish and French programmers around 11 remarkable young theatre makers, choreographers and performers from Flanders and Hauts-de-France. The artists presented their new projects and got to know the programmemers between and after the pitches.
Roundtable discussion 'Interregional cultural cooperation in a Europe of regions'
23 november 2021 17:30>19:00 Budascoop, Kortrijk
During the discussion, good examples of cross-border cooperation were evoked, with contributions from the La Batie festival (FR/CH), the InstitutFrançais (FR), the Pyrenartplatform (ES/FR) and the SUMIcompany with an inspiring plea for the connection of culture and the economy in a cross-border context. Finally, the Flemish Minister-President JAN JAMBON and the Vice-President of the Hauts-de-France Region FRANÇOIS DECOSTER gave their vision of cultural cooperation. Moderator Steven Decraene (France expert, VRT NWS) had to cancel at the last minute due to illness and was ably replaced by Dirk Dewit of Kunstenpunt (kunsten.be).