Submit your feature film – fiction or documentary – for the Movies that Matter Festival 2023. Deadline: 21 November.
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....
Years after an unspeakable tragedy involving their children, two sets of parents meet to talk. In the face of enormous grief and anger, is it still possible to find understanding, even forgiveness? Gripping drama with incredible performances by Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton, Jason Isaacs and Reed Birney. In a sparsely furnished room in an Episcopalian...
