Ben Kempas
@benkempas.com
Docu filmmaker-turned-campaigner-turned-livestreamer at Film & Campaign Ltd. Impact campaign strategist for #TheOilMachine. Born @ 332ppm. Old German, new Scot, pro indy.
https://www.filmcampaign.org
https://www.filmcampaign.org
We’re taling the message of THE PICKERS from Maastricht, the birthplace of the modern EU, right to its centre in Brussels.
We’re joining the #BackToTheFuture March by @foeeurope.bsky.social & others, and showing the film along the way:
campaign.thepickers.org/march
#WeWantAFairPick #March4Rights
We’re joining the #BackToTheFuture March by @foeeurope.bsky.social & others, and showing the film along the way:
campaign.thepickers.org/march
#WeWantAFairPick #March4Rights
THE PICKERS campaign is on its way to start the #BacktotheFuture March from Maastricht to Brussels, the heart of the European Union, to tell them #WeWantaFAIRPICK.
THE PICKERS film will be screened in locations along the way.
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THE PICKERS film will be screened in locations along the way.
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September 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We’re taling the message of THE PICKERS from Maastricht, the birthplace of the modern EU, right to its centre in Brussels.
We’re joining the #BackToTheFuture March by @foeeurope.bsky.social & others, and showing the film along the way:
campaign.thepickers.org/march
#WeWantAFairPick #March4Rights
We’re joining the #BackToTheFuture March by @foeeurope.bsky.social & others, and showing the film along the way:
campaign.thepickers.org/march
#WeWantAFairPick #March4Rights
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And if you can't make it to the @thepickers.org event tonight, you can still make your voice heard. Please consider signing our 10 demands for migrant workers' rights:
campaign.thepickers.org/fairpick
#WeWantAFairPick
campaign.thepickers.org/fairpick
#WeWantAFairPick
We want a FAIR PICK
We want a FAIR PICK: This is why we demand 10 essential guarantees for migrant workers.
campaign.thepickers.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
And if you can't make it to the @thepickers.org event tonight, you can still make your voice heard. Please consider signing our 10 demands for migrant workers' rights:
campaign.thepickers.org/fairpick
#WeWantAFairPick
campaign.thepickers.org/fairpick
#WeWantAFairPick
Edinburgh pals, do you agree our food should be free of exploitation? Will I see you after the film THE PICKERS tonight?
This week we've been launching European-wide, community-hosted events – and there's one at @themeltingpoted.bsky.social tonight!
themeltingpot.spaces.nexudus.com/events/14155...
This week we've been launching European-wide, community-hosted events – and there's one at @themeltingpoted.bsky.social tonight!
themeltingpot.spaces.nexudus.com/events/14155...
June 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Edinburgh pals, do you agree our food should be free of exploitation? Will I see you after the film THE PICKERS tonight?
This week we've been launching European-wide, community-hosted events – and there's one at @themeltingpoted.bsky.social tonight!
themeltingpot.spaces.nexudus.com/events/14155...
This week we've been launching European-wide, community-hosted events – and there's one at @themeltingpoted.bsky.social tonight!
themeltingpot.spaces.nexudus.com/events/14155...
Reposted by Ben Kempas
The Meet THE PICKERS Tour delivered fair oranges to @oxfam-de.bsky.social in Berlin!
Oxfam volunteers across Germany and Spain are hosting screenings to explore this crucial topic. Will you join them? campaign.thepickers.org/host
#WeWantAFAIRPICK
Oxfam volunteers across Germany and Spain are hosting screenings to explore this crucial topic. Will you join them? campaign.thepickers.org/host
#WeWantAFAIRPICK
May 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Meet THE PICKERS Tour delivered fair oranges to @oxfam-de.bsky.social in Berlin!
Oxfam volunteers across Germany and Spain are hosting screenings to explore this crucial topic. Will you join them? campaign.thepickers.org/host
#WeWantAFAIRPICK
Oxfam volunteers across Germany and Spain are hosting screenings to explore this crucial topic. Will you join them? campaign.thepickers.org/host
#WeWantAFAIRPICK
With impact campaigns, you can easily and happily stay in an activist bubble.
The challenge always is to reach beyond that.
For THE PICKERS, we drove our refrigerated van with fairly picked oranges to the global headquarters of ALDI Süd in Salzburg to show them the film and talk about our campaign.
The challenge always is to reach beyond that.
For THE PICKERS, we drove our refrigerated van with fairly picked oranges to the global headquarters of ALDI Süd in Salzburg to show them the film and talk about our campaign.
We took fair oranges to ALDI! 🍊
We contacted several major supermarkets asking them to meet with us as part of the Meet THE PICKERS Tour. ALDI South welcomed us to show the film and ask the question: ‘How can we ensure that our food is not produced through exploitation?’
We contacted several major supermarkets asking them to meet with us as part of the Meet THE PICKERS Tour. ALDI South welcomed us to show the film and ask the question: ‘How can we ensure that our food is not produced through exploitation?’
May 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
With impact campaigns, you can easily and happily stay in an activist bubble.
The challenge always is to reach beyond that.
For THE PICKERS, we drove our refrigerated van with fairly picked oranges to the global headquarters of ALDI Süd in Salzburg to show them the film and talk about our campaign.
The challenge always is to reach beyond that.
For THE PICKERS, we drove our refrigerated van with fairly picked oranges to the global headquarters of ALDI Süd in Salzburg to show them the film and talk about our campaign.
We've now gathered more than 1,000 signatures for our demand to offer 10 essential guarantees to migrant workers that pick our daily fruit and veg.
Would you sign this, too?
campaign.thepickers.org/fairpick
(also available in French, German and Italian)
#WeWantAFairPick
Would you sign this, too?
campaign.thepickers.org/fairpick
(also available in French, German and Italian)
#WeWantAFairPick
May 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We've now gathered more than 1,000 signatures for our demand to offer 10 essential guarantees to migrant workers that pick our daily fruit and veg.
Would you sign this, too?
campaign.thepickers.org/fairpick
(also available in French, German and Italian)
#WeWantAFairPick
Would you sign this, too?
campaign.thepickers.org/fairpick
(also available in French, German and Italian)
#WeWantAFairPick
Reposted by Ben Kempas
#WeWantAFAIRPICK - Do we need a FAIR PICK certification label like Fair Trade or Organic?
We've handed out fairly produced oranges to folks like @publiceye.ch and hosted screenings including the one @ethzurich.bsky.social as the Meet THE PICKERS Tour travelled across Switzerland 🍊
We've handed out fairly produced oranges to folks like @publiceye.ch and hosted screenings including the one @ethzurich.bsky.social as the Meet THE PICKERS Tour travelled across Switzerland 🍊
April 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
#WeWantAFAIRPICK - Do we need a FAIR PICK certification label like Fair Trade or Organic?
We've handed out fairly produced oranges to folks like @publiceye.ch and hosted screenings including the one @ethzurich.bsky.social as the Meet THE PICKERS Tour travelled across Switzerland 🍊
We've handed out fairly produced oranges to folks like @publiceye.ch and hosted screenings including the one @ethzurich.bsky.social as the Meet THE PICKERS Tour travelled across Switzerland 🍊
Reposted by Ben Kempas
In Basel we met with our partners from Swiss Fair Trade hearing about their important work, including how we can safeguard and argue for legislation that effectively protects human rights.
We had another packed screening in a temple of good food, the Markthalle Basel.
We had another packed screening in a temple of good food, the Markthalle Basel.
April 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In Basel we met with our partners from Swiss Fair Trade hearing about their important work, including how we can safeguard and argue for legislation that effectively protects human rights.
We had another packed screening in a temple of good food, the Markthalle Basel.
We had another packed screening in a temple of good food, the Markthalle Basel.
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During our time in Geneva The Meet THE PICKERS Tour has met key people and organisations working to eliminate the exploitation of migrant workers.
Watch today's update on the tour to follow the Meet THE PICKERS Campaign progress 👇🍊
Watch today's update on the tour to follow the Meet THE PICKERS Campaign progress 👇🍊
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
During our time in Geneva The Meet THE PICKERS Tour has met key people and organisations working to eliminate the exploitation of migrant workers.
Watch today's update on the tour to follow the Meet THE PICKERS Campaign progress 👇🍊
Watch today's update on the tour to follow the Meet THE PICKERS Campaign progress 👇🍊
We’re on the road in Switzerland with a refrigerated van – for a good cause!
Follow @thepickers.org and join us on our journey around Europe over the next five weeks.
Follow @thepickers.org and join us on our journey around Europe over the next five weeks.
The Meet THE PICKERS Tour is on the road!
We have collected our fairly produced oranges and headed to our first stop... Zurich
Follow us on the tour and join the calls for food that is free of exploitation
#WeWantAFAIRPICK
We have collected our fairly produced oranges and headed to our first stop... Zurich
Follow us on the tour and join the calls for food that is free of exploitation
#WeWantAFAIRPICK
April 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
We’re on the road in Switzerland with a refrigerated van – for a good cause!
Follow @thepickers.org and join us on our journey around Europe over the next five weeks.
Follow @thepickers.org and join us on our journey around Europe over the next five weeks.
Are you enjoying your daily fruit and veg?
Spare a thought for the people who pick them, often in miserable conditions.
Our campaign @thepickers.org uses the documentary film THE PICKERS to draw attention to their plight.
You can be among the first-ever people to sign our call for a FAIR PICK.
Spare a thought for the people who pick them, often in miserable conditions.
Our campaign @thepickers.org uses the documentary film THE PICKERS to draw attention to their plight.
You can be among the first-ever people to sign our call for a FAIR PICK.
March 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Are you enjoying your daily fruit and veg?
Spare a thought for the people who pick them, often in miserable conditions.
Our campaign @thepickers.org uses the documentary film THE PICKERS to draw attention to their plight.
You can be among the first-ever people to sign our call for a FAIR PICK.
Spare a thought for the people who pick them, often in miserable conditions.
Our campaign @thepickers.org uses the documentary film THE PICKERS to draw attention to their plight.
You can be among the first-ever people to sign our call for a FAIR PICK.
I've been on Bluesky for a while, but we've just set up a company account here, too.
So those of you who know about Film & Campaign Ltd. could do me a huge favour and be the first-ever followers of @filmcampaign.org ...?
Photo is the view from our office. Our work is all about building bridges...
So those of you who know about Film & Campaign Ltd. could do me a huge favour and be the first-ever followers of @filmcampaign.org ...?
Photo is the view from our office. Our work is all about building bridges...
January 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I've been on Bluesky for a while, but we've just set up a company account here, too.
So those of you who know about Film & Campaign Ltd. could do me a huge favour and be the first-ever followers of @filmcampaign.org ...?
Photo is the view from our office. Our work is all about building bridges...
So those of you who know about Film & Campaign Ltd. could do me a huge favour and be the first-ever followers of @filmcampaign.org ...?
Photo is the view from our office. Our work is all about building bridges...
It was a special day today – International Migrants Day – to announce that we'll be producing an impact campaign around the film THE PICKERS in 2025. The documentary follows migrant workers in Europe who pick our daily fruit and veg – under precarious conditions.
www.filmcampaign.org/who_picks_th...
www.filmcampaign.org/who_picks_th...
Who picks the food that feeds Europe?
Campaign for ‘The Pickers’ announced on International Migrants Day
www.filmcampaign.org
December 18, 2024 at 11:08 PM
It was a special day today – International Migrants Day – to announce that we'll be producing an impact campaign around the film THE PICKERS in 2025. The documentary follows migrant workers in Europe who pick our daily fruit and veg – under precarious conditions.
www.filmcampaign.org/who_picks_th...
www.filmcampaign.org/who_picks_th...
Forgot to share this on here – earlier this month we organised an event on behalf of @sonjahenrici.bsky.social at Dynamic Earth to celebrate some 300 events we've been facilitating for #TheOilMachine, and to remind politicians in #Holyrood of the urgency to act...
FAO @ewangibbs.bsky.social
FAO @ewangibbs.bsky.social
May 30, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Forgot to share this on here – earlier this month we organised an event on behalf of @sonjahenrici.bsky.social at Dynamic Earth to celebrate some 300 events we've been facilitating for #TheOilMachine, and to remind politicians in #Holyrood of the urgency to act...
FAO @ewangibbs.bsky.social
FAO @ewangibbs.bsky.social
For folk in Germany:
Today, an impact tour of German cinemas begins for 'Hinter guten Türen', a very personal doc by Julia Beerhold about the violence she experienced as a child.
For Mindjazz Pictures, we've been facilitating partnerships with a number of key charities.
www.hintergutentueren.de
Today, an impact tour of German cinemas begins for 'Hinter guten Türen', a very personal doc by Julia Beerhold about the violence she experienced as a child.
For Mindjazz Pictures, we've been facilitating partnerships with a number of key charities.
www.hintergutentueren.de
May 30, 2024 at 3:41 PM
For folk in Germany:
Today, an impact tour of German cinemas begins for 'Hinter guten Türen', a very personal doc by Julia Beerhold about the violence she experienced as a child.
For Mindjazz Pictures, we've been facilitating partnerships with a number of key charities.
www.hintergutentueren.de
Today, an impact tour of German cinemas begins for 'Hinter guten Türen', a very personal doc by Julia Beerhold about the violence she experienced as a child.
For Mindjazz Pictures, we've been facilitating partnerships with a number of key charities.
www.hintergutentueren.de
Happy Leap Year Day, everyone!
Earlier this month, a brilliant new employee leaped into our office: Tabita Knoblauch (centre) has joined us as bilingual impact producer for two German-based projects, a German-Swedish coproduction, and many more!
Earlier this month, a brilliant new employee leaped into our office: Tabita Knoblauch (centre) has joined us as bilingual impact producer for two German-based projects, a German-Swedish coproduction, and many more!
February 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Happy Leap Year Day, everyone!
Earlier this month, a brilliant new employee leaped into our office: Tabita Knoblauch (centre) has joined us as bilingual impact producer for two German-based projects, a German-Swedish coproduction, and many more!
Earlier this month, a brilliant new employee leaped into our office: Tabita Knoblauch (centre) has joined us as bilingual impact producer for two German-based projects, a German-Swedish coproduction, and many more!
Sorry, still a bit slow with posting things on here…
Earlier this month, after more than a year of getting the film #TheOilMachine out there, we finally presented clips from it to Members of Parliament in Westminster, and we discussed an urgent question:
“Is the North Sea out of our control?”
Earlier this month, after more than a year of getting the film #TheOilMachine out there, we finally presented clips from it to Members of Parliament in Westminster, and we discussed an urgent question:
“Is the North Sea out of our control?”
December 23, 2023 at 11:29 AM
Sorry, still a bit slow with posting things on here…
Earlier this month, after more than a year of getting the film #TheOilMachine out there, we finally presented clips from it to Members of Parliament in Westminster, and we discussed an urgent question:
“Is the North Sea out of our control?”
Earlier this month, after more than a year of getting the film #TheOilMachine out there, we finally presented clips from it to Members of Parliament in Westminster, and we discussed an urgent question:
“Is the North Sea out of our control?”
Feeling a bit melancholic today.
At Film & Campaign, we've produced the livestreams for 77 (out of 140+) briefings held by @independentsage.bsky.social.
Today was the last one.
It's already had some 13,000 views on that other platform that allows for livestreaming...
twitter.com/IndependentS...
At Film & Campaign, we've produced the livestreams for 77 (out of 140+) briefings held by @independentsage.bsky.social.
Today was the last one.
It's already had some 13,000 views on that other platform that allows for livestreaming...
twitter.com/IndependentS...
December 1, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Feeling a bit melancholic today.
At Film & Campaign, we've produced the livestreams for 77 (out of 140+) briefings held by @independentsage.bsky.social.
Today was the last one.
It's already had some 13,000 views on that other platform that allows for livestreaming...
twitter.com/IndependentS...
At Film & Campaign, we've produced the livestreams for 77 (out of 140+) briefings held by @independentsage.bsky.social.
Today was the last one.
It's already had some 13,000 views on that other platform that allows for livestreaming...
twitter.com/IndependentS...
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In Scottish wholesomeness, there's a guy who runs around Helensburgh each night making different grid patterns for his young son on Strava.
October 12, 2023 at 9:24 PM
In Scottish wholesomeness, there's a guy who runs around Helensburgh each night making different grid patterns for his young son on Strava.
Den prisvinnende dokumentarfilmen The Oil Machine, etterfulgt av panelsamtaler (på norsk), vises på kinoer i Norge - fra og med i dag!
- Tromsø, 3. nov
- Trondheim, 4. nov
- Stavanger, 5. nov
- Oslo, 6. nov
- Bergen, 7. nov
Kjøp billetter her! naturvernforbundet.no/event/filmvi...
- Tromsø, 3. nov
- Trondheim, 4. nov
- Stavanger, 5. nov
- Oslo, 6. nov
- Bergen, 7. nov
Kjøp billetter her! naturvernforbundet.no/event/filmvi...
Filmvisning og panelsamtale i Tromsø: The Oil Machine
naturvernforbundet.no
November 3, 2023 at 10:36 AM
This was an important event providing an alternative #PeoplesAI perspective ahead of the UK government's own AI Safety Summit.
It was so insightful to serve as the livestream producer of this one!
It was so insightful to serve as the livestream producer of this one!
October 31, 2023 at 10:16 AM
This was an important event providing an alternative #PeoplesAI perspective ahead of the UK government's own AI Safety Summit.
It was so insightful to serve as the livestream producer of this one!
It was so insightful to serve as the livestream producer of this one!
On the eve of our activities with #TheOilMachine in Norway, an official Climate Committee report for the Norwegian government says a complete halt in oil exploration is inevitable.
English press release:
files.nettsteder.regjeringen.no/wpuploads01/...
Norwegian news:
www.nrk.no/klima/skanck...
English press release:
files.nettsteder.regjeringen.no/wpuploads01/...
Norwegian news:
www.nrk.no/klima/skanck...
October 31, 2023 at 10:02 AM
On the eve of our activities with #TheOilMachine in Norway, an official Climate Committee report for the Norwegian government says a complete halt in oil exploration is inevitable.
English press release:
files.nettsteder.regjeringen.no/wpuploads01/...
Norwegian news:
www.nrk.no/klima/skanck...
English press release:
files.nettsteder.regjeringen.no/wpuploads01/...
Norwegian news:
www.nrk.no/klima/skanck...
Norway has been a lot wiser than the UK in terms of using the wealth from oil and gas for the common good.
Yet now the UK is leading the way in terms of the efforts to achieve a Just Transition for oil workers to the world of renewable energy.
1/
Yet now the UK is leading the way in terms of the efforts to achieve a Just Transition for oil workers to the world of renewable energy.
1/
October 26, 2023 at 8:19 AM
Norway has been a lot wiser than the UK in terms of using the wealth from oil and gas for the common good.
Yet now the UK is leading the way in terms of the efforts to achieve a Just Transition for oil workers to the world of renewable energy.
1/
Yet now the UK is leading the way in terms of the efforts to achieve a Just Transition for oil workers to the world of renewable energy.
1/
After a year of touring the UK, chuffed to be bringing #TheOilMachine to Norway in a brilliant collaboration with @naturvern.bsky.social and the #BroenTilFramtiden (Bridge to the Future) coalition.
(If you think hashtags aren't working on Bluesky, try the Graysky client app.)
(If you think hashtags aren't working on Bluesky, try the Graysky client app.)
Neste uke begynner en serie visninger av og paneler om dokumentarfilmen The Oil Machine!
Jeg leder en panelsamtale etter en digital visning mandag 30. oktober. Da blir det fysiske visninger/paneler i Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim og Tromsø. Les mer: naturvernforbundet.no/event/digita...
Jeg leder en panelsamtale etter en digital visning mandag 30. oktober. Da blir det fysiske visninger/paneler i Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim og Tromsø. Les mer: naturvernforbundet.no/event/digita...
October 25, 2023 at 11:00 AM
After a year of touring the UK, chuffed to be bringing #TheOilMachine to Norway in a brilliant collaboration with @naturvern.bsky.social and the #BroenTilFramtiden (Bridge to the Future) coalition.
(If you think hashtags aren't working on Bluesky, try the Graysky client app.)
(If you think hashtags aren't working on Bluesky, try the Graysky client app.)
Reposted by Ben Kempas
I stopped posting drawings to social media platforms a while back, but by way of introduction…
October 13, 2023 at 5:24 PM
I stopped posting drawings to social media platforms a while back, but by way of introduction…