Film submissions for the Movies that Matter Festival 2027 are now open.
Agenda
2 July
Pakhuis Kino x Movies that Matter: Cutting Through Rocks
On Thursday 2 July, in collaboration with Pakhuis de Zwijger, we are organising a screening of Cutting Through Rocks as part of the Pakhuis Kino evening. The film won both the Activist Lens Award and the Audience Award at the 2026 Movies that Matter Festival. After the film, Eric Seleky will be in conversation with...
9 July to 15 July
Now in Cinemas: La Petite Derniere
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. It is springtime, and Fatima (played by non-professional newcomer Nadia Melliti) is in her final year of secondary school. She has a warm...
16 July to 22 July
Now in Cinemas: Our Land (Nuestra Tierra)
In 2009, a man and two accomplices try to evict members of the Indigenous community of Chuschagasta in northern Argentina. Claiming ownership of the land and armed with guns, they kill the community’s leader, Javier Chocobar. The murder is caught on video. After nine years of protest, a court case is finally opened. Argentina’s Tucumán...
