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Brainwash returns in October. With an exclusive opening night featuring Deborah Levy on Thursday 29 October and a festival weekend on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November, Brainwash creates a space for incisive questions, uncomfortable insights and radical visions. Together with philosophers, writers, scientists and artists, we’ll question what seems self-evident, break down entrenched...

Halloween night, a deserted town, and a mysterious girl on a skateboard. On Saturday 31 October, Movies that Matter and Inter-City screen Ana Lily Amirpour’s stylish, hypnotic vampire film: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Tickets In the fictional town of Bad City, The Girl roams the streets alone after dark. When she crosses...

With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring impactful films to sixteen cinemas throughout the Netherlands. In November, we are showing the documentary Molly Vs The Machines. The screenings will be accompanied by talks, reflections, and discussion programmes organised by the local Movies that Matter On Tour groups. See all screening dates About the Film Alone...