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Roffa Mon Amour is an open-air film festival in Rotterdam featuring a selection of new and relevant films, complemented by live music, talks and a supporting programme. In 2026, the festival will focus on ‘Mind Work’, with mental health running as a central theme throughout the programme. Check the programme Open-air cinema under the summer...

In the town of Mariinka in Eastern Ukraine, the film traces several young Ukrainians whose lives have been forever shaped by over ten years of war and conflict in the Donbas. A story about belonging, national loyalty and the fault lines where political conflicts trump even the bonds of blood. Amidst the war a promising...

Who gets to tell the story of a culture, and from whose perspective? Studio Kafunda and Movies that Matter present two films at the Marineterrein in Amsterdam, with the second offering an answer to the question raised by the first. In Stop Filming Us, winner of the Movies that Matter Festival Award, Dutch filmmaker Joris...