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....
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...