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Meet the Team: İmge Erdural

Meet the Team: İmge Erdural

04-03-2024 | İmge talks about setting up inspiring in-depth programmes for the Movies that Matter Festival.

6 films about climate and activism

6 films about climate and activism

29-01-2024 | Films to watch if you want to learn more about the topic of climate and activism.

Celebrating censored films

Celebrating censored films

15-01-2024 | Teresa Castillo, director of Peruvian film festival Censurados, discusses ten years of Censurados, how the current political climate in Peru has influenced the festival and the subsequent increased importance of a festival such as Censurados.

Meet the Team: Tess van Bommel

Meet the Team: Tess van Bommel

07-12-2023 | Tess talks about the inspirational work of International Support from Movies that Matter.

6 film about privacy and surveillance

6 film about privacy and surveillance

01-12-2023 | Films to watch if you want to learn more about the topic of privacy and surveillance.

HRFN Calls for Permanent Ceasefire and Protection of Civilians

HRFN Calls for Permanent Ceasefire and Protection of Civilians

01-12-2023 | The Human Rights Film Network (HRFN), comprised of around 50 human rights film festivals from around the world, joins major international human rights and humanitarian organizations, as well as cultural and film collectives and millions of voices around the world, in urgently calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire on all parts and the protection of all civilians in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Meet the Team: Karlijn Limaheluw

Meet the Team: Karlijn Limaheluw

02-11-2023 | Project coordinator Karlijn talks about Movies that Matter’s inspiring education work.

Film still from Disturbing the Peace

8 film tips to better understand the situation in Israel and Palestine

8 film tips to better understand the situation in Israel and Palestine

25-10-2023 | Films from our festival archive that can help provide insight into what is currently happening.

The Impact of The Territory

The Impact of The Territory

10-07-2023 | With director Alex Pritz, we look back at MtMF22 and what impact the documentary The Territory has had so far.

From South Carolina to the World Stage

From South Carolina to the World Stage

31-05-2023 | A talk with Vivian Anderson, protagonist in On These Grounds (Activist Competition 2022), about her work as an activist and how the film brought a local initiative to the world stage.

Iranian travel ban filmmaker and Berlinale winner Mohammad Rasoulof

Iranian travel ban filmmaker and Berlinale winner Mohammad Rasoulof

11-05-2023 | News report about the travel ban of Iranian filmmaker and Berlinale winner Mohammad Rasoulof.

Cinema on the road in Morocco

Cinema on the road in Morocco

03-02-2023 | An interview with Hicham Falah, director of human rights film festival FIDADOC, which has been supported from the Grant Programme.