Imagine Festival: Lessons from the Nordics: Imagining a New Ireland + discussion

Name: Imagine Festival: Lessons from the Nordics: Imagining a New Ireland + discussion
Start: 2025-03-28T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast

Schedule

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast | Belfast, NI

Join Collaboration for Change and special guests for a screening of Denmark - The State of Happiness, followed by a conversation with presenter/producer Lesley Riddoch.
An inspiring film, Denmark - The State of Happiness shines a light on why Denmark is one of the happiest nations on earth. It has the world’s best energy system, a GDP per capita almost a third higher than Britain, more bikes in daily use than the Netherlands, a swim just 15 mins away from every Copenhagen resident and state-run TV that changed the face of drama with Borgen, The Killing and The Bridge.
Even with less oil, coal and gas to fuel its economy, the Danes have bounced back to become the modern, eco-leaders of Europe. How did they do it?
Lesley Riddoch will be joined in conversation with some of the authors from the Answering Ireland’s Call series of articles in exploring how the Nordic and Baltic examples could help us to shape an independent Scotland and imagine a new Ireland.