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Human Rights Film Network Calls for Permanent Ceasefire and Protection of Civilians
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, is 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
How can a film screening serve as a dialogue starter to introduce students to certain topics? Karlijn talks about her experiences as project coordinator of the education team.
8 film tips to better understand the situation in Israel and Palestine
As long as our festival exists, we have been seeing and showing films about Israel and Palestine. To better understand the events of the past few weeks, it is important to know the context and history. To provide some insight into this, we have made a selection of films that were previously shown at our festival and that can still be viewed online.
Film as a defense mechanism
During the festival in The Hague, we interviewed Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, the Oscar-nominated directors of Writing With Fire. We discussed their documentary's journey over its one-year festival circuit and how it subsequently reached its intended audience worldwide.
The Impact of The Territory
The Territory exposes the devastating impact of deforestation while spotlighting the courageous efforts of environmental defenders. In an interview with director Alex Pritz, we delve into the film's vital role in raising awareness and galvanizing action against environmental destruction.
From South Carolina to the World Stage
Vivian Anderson, protagonist in the Activist documentary On These Grounds, was visiting Amsterdam for the Black Achievement Month and swung by our office for an interview. We talked about her work as activist and how the film brought a local initiative to the world stage.
Iranian filmmaker and Berlinale winner Mohammad Rasoulof receives travel ban
Movies that Matter works year-round for human rights films and festivals in countries where these rights are under pressure. This article illustrates the importance of this commitment with the recent news of Mohammad Rasoulof’s travel ban.
Cinema on the road in Morocco
Hicham Falah is the director of human rights film festival FIDADOC, Morocco's oldest documentary festival. We spoke with him about his travelling project, called Triq Cinima ('The Road of Cinema'), which received a start-up grant from Movies that Matter in 2021.