Ticket sales for the Movies that Matter Festival have started! From Friday 20 to Saturday 28 March, we will be presenting more than eighty exceptional feature films, high-profile documentaries and shorts, with an extensive in-depth programme, in The Hague.

Saturday 21 March — Watch two films followed by discussions with Trouw film critic Remke de Lange.

Derek vs Derek
In Derek vs Derek, two English farmers — neighbours and both named Derek — come into conflict when one of them returns his land to nature. After the film, we talk to director James Dawson and rewilding expert Marc Wilbers.

Silenced

After #MeToo broke the cultural silence on gendered violence, survivors swiftly found themselves facing a new kind of silencing and fear as defamation laws became weaponized against women for speaking out. Post-screening discussion with Marloes van Noorloos, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at University Leiden.

Sunday 22 March — during the Earth at Stake Special, we will be screening two impressive films that expose the urgent consequences of climate change: MELT, about the disappearance of ice, and Black Water, about climate displacement. After the screenings, we will talk to experts and delve deeper into these themes.

Friday 27 March — In collaboration with the European Parliament, we are presenting a free programme dedicated to the Sakharov Prize. After the film Mr Nobody Against Putin — about a brave primary school teacher who refuses to cooperate with Putin’s propaganda — there will be a panel discussion with political scientist Sarah de Lange and MEP Thijs Reuten.