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On Tour: Mister L.
With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring festival favourites to seventeen cinemas throughout the Netherlands. In November, we are showing the Dutch feature film Mister L. by Thomas Stokmans. Check dates About the Film An Asian tourist visits the touristic highlights that the Netherlands has to offer. After losing his passport – due to...
On Tour: If I Die, It’ll Be of Joy
With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring festival favourites to seventeen cinemas throughout the Netherlands. In December, we will be screening the French documentary If I Die, It’ll Be of Joy by Alexis Taillant. About the Film In a world that often overlooks the power of the elderly, Micheline, Francis, and Yves lead a...
Now in Cinemas: Slave Island
Activist Jeremy Kewuan confronts the invisible power of ideology and belief as he battles against the traditions of modern-day slavery on a remote Indonesian island. A cinematic documentary that reveals the existence of modern-day slave trade on the Indonesian island of Sumba. While investigating a human trafficking case, local activist Jeremy Kewuan meets a Maramba...
MtM x Asser Institute: Theatre of Violence
The Asser Institute and Movies that Matter invite you to a special screening of the Theatre of Violence documentary on Tuesday 9 December 2025 in The Hague at 7.00 PM. This powerful documentary explores international justice, child soldiers and the landmark ICC trial of Dominic Ongwen. The film follows the case of Ongwen, a former...
Now in Cinemas: Left-Handed Girl
Single mother Shu-Fen and her two daughters, teenager I-Ann and five-year-old I-Jing, return to Taipei after living in the countryside for years. All three of them have quite a lot to deal with. Shu-Fen has to clean up her ex’s mess while working herself to the bone in a food stall, and I-Ann wants to...
Now in Cinemas: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment sites for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his school. Pavel ‘Pasha’ (33) is a teacher at...
On Tour: Artificial Justice
With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring festival favourites to seventeen cinemas throughout the Netherlands. In February, we will be screening Simón Casal’s political science fiction thriller Artificial Justice. About the Film In the near future in Spain, the Government aims to replace judges with an Artificial Intelligence software, pledging to effectively automate and...
Movies that Matter Festival 2026
Save the date: the next Movies that Matter Festival will take place from 20 to 28 March 2026 in The Hague. 📅 Add the festival to your calendar What can you expect at our festival? Nine days, over 90 powerful films – from short films to feature-length, fiction and documentaries. Stories that move and inspire....