Movies that Matter Festival
Festival Info
Price info
€ 8,50 / € 7,-
Opening hours
10.00 - 00.00 CET
Is the Festival open to the public ?
Open to the public
Does the Festival have a market ?
Festival doesn't have a market
Does the Festival have a competition ?
Festival have a competition
Location
Name
Movies that Matter
Address
Keizersgracht 177
fest adr2
PO box 1968
City
Amsterdam
Zip code
1000 BZ
Country
Netherlands
Telephone
+31 20 7733621
Fax
+31 20 6240889
Festival
Festival Nickname
Movies that Matter Festival
Theme
African Films
Animation
Arabic Films
Music
Art-house films
Asian Films
Awards
Black Culture Films
Children
Documentary
Education
Environnement/Nature
European Films
Homosexuality
Human Rights
Independent
International
Latin American Films
Music
War
Women
Youth/Teen
Category/Format
not specified
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Submission
Film call for entry start day
Film call for entry deadline
Rules and regulations
Contact
Festival Director Name
Taco Ruighaver
Festival Director E-mail
t.ruighaver@moviesthatmatter.nl
Festival Programmer Name
Taco Ruighaver
Festival Programmer Email
t.ruighaver@moviesthatmatter.nl
Festival Press Contact Name
Marie-Pierre Furnee
Festival Press Contact Email
m.furnee@moviesthatmatter.nl
E-mail for Webmaster
info@moviesthatmatter.nl
Movies that Matter Festival
The Movies that Matter Festival is a film festival on human rights and justice in The Hague, the International City of Peace and Justice. Annually, the festival presents 70 documentaries and fictions by inspired film makers as well as various side-programmes, talkshows, debates, exhibitions. The festivals presents six awards with a total amount of money price of € 16,000.
The Movies that Matter Festival has two main sections. A Matter of ACT , a film, network and competition programme is Amnesty International's main programme: it consists of ten recent, captivating documentaries about the life and work of human rights defenders and their brave fight against injustice and oppression. Camera Justitia, the other main programme of the festival, sheds light on the many angles of the human rights and justice theme, using films and debates on transitional justice, careful administration of national and international justice, the rule of law and the fight against impunity.
The next edition of the festival will take place between 20-26 March 2014. For more information please visit www.moviesthatmatter.nl.
Movies that Matter Foundation
is an initiative of Amnesty International Netherlands. The foundation opens people’s eyes for human rights and social justice. It uses film to promote the human rights dialogue, influence the public opinion and encourage people to stand up for human rights.
Besides the festival Movies that Matter organises various other human rights film events and activities including:
- educational programmes at schools and film theatres
- International support and promotion of human rights film screenings
- a human rights film programme within the annual International Documentary Festival Amsterdam / IDFA
- Movies that Matter Tour: monthly human rights films programme in +/-15 Dutch theatres.
Contact: info@moviesthatmatter.nl