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This summer, together with beach bar Het Puntje, we are organising a film festival at the very tip of Scheveningen! Three evenings with three films that invite reflection, conversation, and connection. On Friday, August 1, the documentary The Mind Game (2023) will be shown. When he was 14, Sajid Khan Nasiri fled Afghanistan alone. After...

This summer, together with beach bar Het Puntje, we are organising a film festival at the very tip of Scheveningen! Three evenings with three films that invite reflection, conversation, and connection. On Saturday, August 2, the documentary I Am the River, the River is Me (2024) will be shown. The Whanganui River in New Zealand...

From August 13 to 24, Roffa Mon Amour returns with its thirteenth festival edition in the sculpture garden of Brutus in Rotterdam West. Among the imposing artworks of Atelier Van Lieshout, you’ll discover colourful and playful films you won’t find anywhere else, meet new people, and be surprised by music, dinners, blind dates, and in-depth...

Thirteen-year-old Tielle’s sensitive and powerful resistance against the system that oppresses her and all women. A co-production by Walter Salles and the Dardenne brothers, winner of the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Grand Jury Fiction Award at the Movies that Matter Festival. Deep in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, Tielle...

Set in Cape Verde, ‘the place where hurricanes are born’. The Coriolis Effect is a poetic documentary about our world spinning out of control. With stunning footage of the Cape Verdean nature and wildlife, this cinematographically impressive film deals with the increasingly disturbing relation between humankind and nature. A visually spectacular parable-like film that juxtaposes...

Forty years after her arranged marriage as a child, Hawa finally begins to live an independent life and learns to read and write. However, with the return of the Taliban to power, her dreams, along with those of her daughter and granddaughter, are shattered by new challenges. Filmed over a period of five years, Writing...

With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring festival favourites to seventeen cinemas throughout the Netherlands. In October, we kick off the new season with the documentary Facing War, winner of the Grand Jury Documentary Award at the Movies that Matter Festival 2025. About the Film A political documentary with a unique inside look at...

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. About the Film An Asian tourist visits the touristic highlights that the Netherlands has to offer. After losing his passport – due to biased assumptions...

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...

With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring festival favourites to seventeen cinemas throughout the Netherlands. In January, 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...

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....