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On Tour: Soldier’s Bones

Missed the film during the festival? Catch it in one of 16 On Tour theaters in May!

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1 May to 31 May

On Tour: Soldier’s Bones

With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring impactful films to sixteen cinemas throughout the Netherlands. In May, we are showing the documentary Soldier’s Bones. 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 In 1971, young...

14 May to 20 May

Now in Cinemas: The President’s Cake

In poverty-stricken 1990s Iraq, young Lamia is selected to prepare a cake for the President’s birthday. Because basic ingredients are hard to find, Lamia goes on a journey in search of eggs, flour and sugar. It becomes a tender, tragicomic odyssey, offering a child-eye’s view of life under authoritarianism.   Writer-director Hasan Hadi’s affecting debut...

28 May to 3 June

Now in Cinemas: Paikar

Afghan artist-filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi returns home from Amsterdam after suffering a great loss to restore his relationship with his aging, authoritarian father. But has the gap between father and son grown too wide to bridge? Afghan artist-filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi is called paikar – the Persian word for ‘war’ or ‘warrior’ – by his family. His...

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