With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring our festival favourites to seventeen film theatres across the Netherlands. In November, it is Atiye Zare Arandi’s documentary Grand Me. About the film Melina lives with her loving grandparents in the Iranian city of Isfahan. Her parents have divorced and neither her mum nor her dad are...

The Eastern Neighbours Film Festival (ENFF) has been connecting Dutch and international audiences to the vibrant cinema of Eastern and Southeastern Europe since 2008. Held annually at Filmhuis Den Haag, ENFF showcases recent, powerful films—often Dutch premieres—including features, documentaries, shorts, and animations. Beyond the screenings, the festival hosts masterclasses, debates, and lively gatherings with directors,...

When 28-year-old rookie journalist Shiori Itō goes public with her rape allegation against then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s confidant and biographer in May 2017, she feels she has no other choice but to change Japan’s old-fashioned laws around sexual violence. Her press conference shocks the public in a society where it is considered shameful to speak...