Agenda
On Tour: Made in Ethiopia
With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring our favourite films to seventeen film theatres across the Netherlands. In January, it is the documentary Made in Ethiopia by Xinyan Yu & Max Duncan. About the film When a massive Chinese factory complex attempts a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, three women in search of prosperity have...
Cinema Release: Ernest Cole, Lost and Found
With his harrowing images, photographer Ernest Cole (1940-1990) was the first to show in the late 1960s what apartheid meant for black South Africans like himself. The world reacted with shock. Cole was praised for his talent, compiled in his book House of Bondage. But showing the harsh reality came at a price: Cole was...
International Film Festival Rotterdam
From Thursday 30 January to Sunday 9 February, the 54th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam will take place. With 264,090 visitors and more than 2,100 filmmakers, IFFR is one of the largest cultural events in the Netherlands and also one of the largest film festivals in the world for the public and film industry. The official selection...
Cinema Release: Julie Keeps Quiet
As a major tennis promise at a prestigious club, everything in Julie’s life revolves around tennis. When the coach who could take her to the top is suddenly suspended and an investigation is launched, all the club’s players are encouraged to tell their stories. But Julie decides to remain silent…
Cinema Release: The Invasion
10 years after the release of his film Maidan, Sergei Loznitsa resumes his Ukrainian storytelling by documenting the country’s struggle against the Russian invasion. Shot over a period of two years, the film portrays the life of the civilian population in Ukraine in times of war. The Invasion shows a unique and intimate testimony of...
CinemAsia Film Festival
The 17th edition of the CinemAsia Film Festival will take place from March 6 to 11 at Studio/K, Rialto De Pijp, Rialto VU, and Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. Cinemasia invites audiences to immerse themselves in the vibrant and diverse world of Asian cinema. An Exuberant Opening Film: Happyend (2024) Set in a near-future, dystopian Tokyo, where the...
Cinema Release: I’m Still Here
Based on the memoirs of Marcelo Rubens Paiva, I’m Still Here tells the true story of the disappearance of his father, former congressman Rubens Paiva, during the Brazilian military dictatorship in the 1970s. The lives of Rubens Paiva’s wife Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and their five children change abruptly, and forever, after the disappearance. Eunice is...
Movies that Matter Festival 2025
The next Movies that Matter Festival will take place from 21 to 29 March 2025 in The Hague and various satellite cities. What can you expect at our festival? A selection of around 90 human rights films: from short films to feature-length, from fiction to documentaries. In-depth programmes on human rights with activists, filmmakers, and...
Kaboom Animation Festival
From Friday 21st to Sunday 30th of March Kaboom Animation Festival takes place in Utrecht, Amsterdam and online. Kaboom Animation Festival is heaven on earth for everything and everyone that holds a heart for the animation world. From razor-sharp and über-inventive experimental arthouse to colourful stories for young and old; Kaboom serves up animation delights...