Grants
Since 2007, we supported over 250 projects in 70 different countries for a grant total of 1,5 million euros. With these projects more than a million people were reached.
We offer a start-up grant for new human rights film events and an impact grant for existing events that want to increase their impact or want to add new activities to their programmes. These events can take various forms, such as human rights film festivals, LGBTI film festivals and mobile cinema projects. Please note that we don’t finance film productions. You can find an overview of possible resources for film production here. Please check our criteria & regulations for applying. Movies that Matter judges every project on its individual quality.
Every year we organise two selection rounds for our grant programme. The deadline for the first application round for 2023 was 30 April at midnight CET. Details regarding the second round of applications will be announced later.
The selection committee of the Movies that Matter Support programme consists of people with various backgrounds and expertise. For the first round of 2023, the selection committee consists of:
- Mira Chowdhury, Latin America programme lead at Free Press Unlimited
- Will Janssen, Director Business Development at Hivos
- Margje de Koning, artistic director of Movies that Matter
- Lorna Tee, pan-Asian film producer/ film festival programmer
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