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With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring festival favourites to sixteen cinemas throughout the Netherlands. In December, we will be screening the French documentary If I Die, It’ll Be of Joy by Alexis Taillant. About the Film In a world that often overlooks the power of the elderly, Micheline, Francis, and Yves lead a...

In December, Filmhuis Den Haag is, even more than usual, the cinephile heart of the city. On that day, the seventh edition of the ROOTS Film Festival will be organised: a gift from the Filmhuis to The Hague and its residents. Everyone is welcome to attend this free film festival where filmmakers from The Hague...

Single mother Shu-Fen and her two daughters, teenager I-Ann and five-year-old I-Jing, return to Taipei after living in the countryside for years. All three of them have quite a lot to deal with. Shu-Fen has to clean up her ex’s mess while working herself to the bone in a food stall, and I-Ann wants to...