Amor Fati - 10 years in Flanders, Jan Jaap van der Wal

“That's Latin. Then we know for sure that Prime Minister Bart De Wever approves. Love of fate. Fate brought me to this wonderful country ten years ago, where life is fantastic, but where things also go fantastically wrong so often. That too is fate, and I embrace that with pleasure as well.” Four full-length shows in Flanders, the election conference Geen Stem, jury member of De Slimste Mens ter Wereld and presenter of De Ideale Wereld and Jan Jaap op Zondag. Jan Jaap as a 'Vlaming in opleiding' (Flemish in training) can no longer be imagined away from our halls and our TV. The love is mutual. He celebrates that with his biggest show so far in Flanders. “Because whether we perish from a possible war, or from a budget deficit, or we choke on a shrimp croquette at the seaside: perish we will, and then let's do it with a big smile.” visuals Yves Schepers