Submit your feature film – fiction or documentary – for the Movies that Matter Festival 2023. Deadline: 21 November.
Thein Shwe and Htwe Tin work their small oil well in the Myanmarese countryside. They dream of helping their son to an education, but he wants to pursue a football career. Tender, atmospheric documentary about a tough life lived with dignity and optimism, and about village life in beautiful Myanmar. ‘My love for my family...
On Thursday 7 July at 19:00 the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Amsterdam) and Movies that Matter will present a screening of The Ants and the Grasshopper at FLOOR. Anita Chitaya is a fighter: she can get men to stand up for equality and knows how to grow food even on dead soil....
40-year-old Fabiola, her father César and her teenage daughter Gabi hold each other captive in a web of love, family ties and secrets new and old. Beautifully understated, intuitive feature film, subtly but poignantly addressing trauma and sexual abuse. Fabiola (Juana Acosta) is traumatized by a scuba diving accident during which her husband was killed....