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On Tour: Manas

A Brazilian girl confronts the system that oppresses her and all women.

Agenda

1 March to 31 March

On Tour: Manas

With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring our favourite films to seventeen film theatres across the Netherlands. In March, it is the Brazilian drama Manas by Marianna Brennand – a brand new film from our 2025 festival selection! About the film With vulnerability and incredible courage, a Brazilian girl confronts the system that oppresses...

13 March to 20 March

Cinema Release: I’m Still Here

Based on the memoirs of Marcelo Rubens Paiva, I’m Still Here tells the true story of the disappearance of his father, former congressman Rubens Paiva, during the Brazilian military dictatorship in the 1970s. The lives of Rubens Paiva’s wife Eunice (Fernanda Torres) and their five children change abruptly, and forever, after the disappearance. Eunice is...

Magazine

 Portrait of Raki Ap, spokesperson for the Free West Papua Campaign

The Promise opens MtMF25

On Friday 21 March, The Promise will open the Movies that Matter Festival 2025 in the presence of director Daan Veldhuizen.

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