Invitation - End of Year - Save the Date MtMF26

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Save the Date
Movies that Matter Festival 2026

Dear,

As the end of the year approaches, we would like to thank you for your commitment in 2025. We would also like to take a moment to look back on a remarkable and inspiring year.

But first, we invite you to save the date for the Opening Night of the Movies that Matter Festival on Friday 20 March 2026 at Theater aan het Spui.

Add the Opening Night to your calendar

We look back on a successful 2025 edition of the Movies that Matter Festival in The Hague. With almost 15% more visitors than in 2024 and an audience rating of no less than 9 (!), we feel even more strengthened in our mission.

We presented 105 films and industry programmes during the festival, both at our festival hub at Filmhuis Den Haag and Theater aan het Spui, and at guest locations such as De Regentes, Theater Dakota and Theater De Vaillant.

This year, we supported 10 international human rights film festivals with a grant and organised another successful Cinema without Borders edition during the festival.

Through the Embassy Film Menu with 70 screenings, the Activist Film Menu with 95 screenings, and the Activist Outreach programme for 4 Activist Lens films, Movies that Matter films reached new audiences worldwide.

Thanks to our educational screenings, a total of 17,543 secondary school pupils and vocational students in 30 cities, from The Hague and Amsterdam to Emmeloord and Waalwijk, saw a Movies that Matter film.

The On Tour programme brought festival films to 16 cinemas across the country. In addition, we screened films throughout the year, including at beach bar Het Puntje and during Just Peace with a programme around the NATO summit.

Thanks to the efforts of 217 volunteers, our activities took shape: from the many helping hands at the festival to the On Tour groups that put together a strong programme every month. We are extremely grateful to them!

We launched the Movies that Matter Podcast with five episodes, and that’s not all. You can expect new recordings in 2026. We have also recently joined the film lovers’ platform Letterboxd.

Multi Ticket

Would you like to see more films during the Movies that Matter Festival besides the opening film? Secure your Multi Ticket now, or surprise someone and give it to them as a gift!

Why a Multi Ticket?

Watch 5 or 10 festival films and save €2.50 per ticket
Book your tickets one day before general sale
Easily share your tickets with friends
Perfect as a gift for film lovers during the festive season

In addition to the festival, numerous events are planned for the new year, in which we will continue to highlight human rights on the silver screen and initiate important conversations.

In January, we will present an exclusive preview tour of The Voice of Hind Rajab as part of our On Tour programme. Starting in January, we will also be launching a series of musical protest films entitled Films that Make Noise, in collaboration with PAARD. We will also be present at Brainwash Night at RADION Amsterdam on 12 March with short films.

We are enthusiastically committed to realising these programmes and are grateful for all the support we have received so far.

We wish you a healthy and inspiring 2026!

On behalf of the Movies that Matter team,
Margje de Koning, artistic director
Laurens Korteweg, business director

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