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. Both application rounds for 2023 are now closed. The next application round will open in early 2024.
The selection committee of the Movies that Matter Support programme consists of people with various backgrounds and expertise. For 2023, the selection committee consists of:
- Chris Belloni, director International Queer & Migrant Film Festival & Foundation Art. 1
- 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
- Julian Ross, film programmer and assistant professor at Leiden University
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