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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night @ Inter-City

Halloween night, a deserted town, and a mysterious girl on a skateboard.

Agenda

29 October to 1 November

Brainwash Festival

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...

31 October

Movies that Matter x Inter-City: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

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...

1 November

Deadline Film Submissions

Do you have a compelling short or feature-length documentary or fiction film, completed in 2026 or 2027, that addresses human rights issues? We warmly invite you to submit your work for the 2027 edition of the Movies that Matter Festival! The festival will take place from 19 to 27 March 2027 in The Hague. The...

Magazine

Film Tips

One with Nature

Inspired by our On Tour screening for October, here are the four films that ask: are we one with nature?

International Support Report

HR Films In Good Hands: Five Days at the 100% Manusia Film Festival

Explore 100% Manusia: five days among the people keeping human rights cinema alive in Southeast Asia.

Education

On Tour

International

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