Cinema without Borders is returning, and we’re looking for participants!

Our upcoming workshop and networking programme for human rights film festival organisers will take place from 22–26 March 2025 during the Movies that Matter Festival in The Hague. Are you a film festival professional from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, or Eastern Europe? You could be exactly who we’re looking for!

To apply, please submit your application as soon as possible—no later than Sunday 5 January 2025.

Do you want to (further) develop the impact goals and strategies for your film? We are currently looking for film projects on human rights and/or social or environmental issues to participate in our Take on Film & Impact programme on 23, 24 and 25 March 2025 during the Movies that Matter Festival in The Hague.

The deadline for submission is 20 December 2024.

Our grant programme is proud to champion another 10 extraordinary projects this year, each showcasing the power of cinema to connect, inspire, and transform. From an environmental film festival in Colombia to a mobile cinema tour bringing stories to life across Myanmar, and even a floating film festival navigating the heart of the Amazon in Ecuador.

Every year, we organise a film project in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. All Dutch embassies are given a menu of films about human rights for screenings on or around 10 December, International Human Rights Day, to raise awareness.

This year, nearly 60 embassies will screen one or more documentaries from this selection around December 10. For instance, the embassies in Cuba (Havana) and Niger (Chad) will show We Are Guardians, a film about the fight against deforestation in the Amazon. The documentary I Shall Not Hate, which follows the mission of a Palestinian doctor seeking tolerance and forgiveness, will be screened by 11 embassies, from the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) to Australia (Canberra).

Other films available for selection by the embassies included Mediha, Nice Ladies, Our Land, Our Freedom, and Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law?.