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Celebrating Human Rights Day with Dutch Embassies Worldwide
On 10 December, Human Rights Day, Movies that Matter puts human rights in the spotlight with the Embassy Film Menu. 10 December, 2025
“For me, my activism is through my work.” – Zippy Kimundu on filmmaking under risk and Movies that Matter’s Activist Lens Programme
We sat down with Zippy Kimundu during IDFA 2025 to discuss her documentary Our Land, Our Freedom, her experience with Movies that Matter’s Activist Lens Programme, and her future projects.
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Tips from Our Grantees: Build Your Festival Dream Team
What’s the one piece of advice you’d share with someone organising a human rights film festival? We posed this question to our past grantees: experienced organisers who’ve navigated the challenges, triumphs, and unexpected moments that come with creating spaces for powerful human rights stories.
Discover their top tips for building your dream team in the first post of this new series!
5 Film Tips in the Lead-up to the Elections
The Dutch general elections are just around the corner. Ahead of the vote, we asked five changemakers from various political and cultural organisations to share the films and series that have sparked or sharpened their political awareness - and that they think everyone should watch.
Podcast #5: Abortion Dream Team
In the fifth episode of the Movies that Matter podcast, programme maker Julia Muller talks to activist Justyna Wydrzyńska from Abortion Dream Team, which supports women by providing information about safe home abortion options, and to director Karolina Domagalska about her impressive film and motivations. The conversation took place immediately after the screening during the Movies that Matter Festival.
Podcast #4: Verhullen
In the fourth episode of the Movies that Matter Podcast, we are at Flora Filmtheater in The Hague and we discuss the documentary Verhullen, an intimate film about healing, mental health, the power of vulnerability, and artistry, set against the backdrop of The Hague's nightlife.
Beyond the Screen: How We’re Carving Out Space for Human Rights in Tanzania
Movies that Matter has been supporting film festivals all over the world with our Grant Programme. Every now and then we invite grantees to share their insights. For this edition Elias Maeda, Founding Director of the Sauti Zetu Film Festival in Tanzania, elaborates on the effects on his community he experienced after the festival and gives a little sneak peek into new plans.
Podcast #3: Writing Hawa
In the third episode of the Movies that Matter podcast, journalist Shermin Chavoushi sits down with Devika Partiman, social activist and founder of Stem op een Vrouw (Vote for a Woman), for a powerful conversation on women’s emancipation, gender apartheid, and global solidarity. Together, they reflect on the documentary Writing Hawa (now showing in Dutch cinemas) and explore how its story connects to the broader fight for equality in the Netherlands and worldwide.