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On Tour: The Promise

The opening film of the festival will screen in 17 theatres across the Netherlands in April.

Agenda

1 April to 30 April

On Tour: The Promise

With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring our favourite films to seventeen film theatres across the Netherlands. In April, we will screen The Promise, the opening film of the Movies that Matter Festival 2025. A forgotten struggle, a lost future. In the 1960s, it seemed that West Papua was on the path to independence....

17 April to 23 April

Now in Cinemas: Home Game

Acclaimed filmmaker Lidija Zelovic has been portraying her displaced family in the Netherlands since 1993, when they fled war-torn Sarajevo, in her own unique style and with self-deprecating humour. Zelovic’s film essay exposes the duality that all migrants live with: what is ‘home’? She draws attention to social and political developments in the Netherlands that...

24 April to 30 April

Now in Cinemas: The Bibi Files

Using leaked, never-before-seen interrogation footage, The Bibi Files provides an unflinching look into Benjamin Netanyahu’s inner circle and a private world of alleged bribery and fraud. His corruption is more than a scandal—it is a gateway for the far-right to consolidate power. As Netanyahu embraces their extremism to shield himself from legal consequences, the cost is measured...

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Award Winners

See the eight award winners of the Movies that Matter Festival 2025.

Abimana with colleague on red carpet of IMPAKT Film Festival 2024.

From IMPAKT to Impact

An interview with Abimana Chancard about his film festival in Burundi.

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