Movies That Matter Festival
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FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
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11th edition
Mar 23 - Mar 30, 2021
Den Haag, Netherlands
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Documentary, Narrative fiction
Film length
Genre
Human rights, International justice
Mission / description
The Movies that Matter Festival has taken the place of the Amnesty International Film Festival, ten editions of which took place in Amsterdam. In 2009 the festival moved to The Hague, c…ity of peace and justice.
The Movies that Matter Festival is the Netherlands' main platform for engaged cinema, with dozens of documentaries and movies of inspired film makers being screened every year. Films that stir the debate about human rights, human dignity and situations where these are at stake. The films often have their first and final screening at the festival.
Apart from the regular film programme an elaborate "in-depth" programme of talk shows and debates, among other things, enables the audience to exchange views with international human rights defenders, film makers, politicians and journalists.
The festival features a festive opening night, an award ceremony on the closing night, an educational programme, special private screenings and activities related to the festival, such as a photo gallery, a play and music performances. Thanks to the support of our partners, a selection of festival films find their way to television and the Internet, and go on a national roadshow in February, March and April.
The festival has two main sections: A Matter of ACT, Amnesty International's competition programme consisting of ten documentaries that deal with remarkable human rights defenders, and Camera Justitia, the competition programme featuring films on international justice. The latter is organized in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Justice.
Each year a variety of themes are covered. The 2010 edition put the spotlight on gay rights, migration and moving. A selection of the best IDFA human rights documentaries and impressive human rights movies brought to the big screen in 2009, was also presented. full text
Festival website www.moviesthatmatter.nl/english_index
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FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
11th edition
Mar 23 - Mar 30, 2021
Den Haag, Netherlands
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Documentary, Narrative fiction
Film length
Genre
Human rights, International justice
Mission / description
The Movies that Matter Festival has taken the place of the Amnesty International Film Festival, ten editions of which took place in Amsterdam. In 2009 the festival moved to The Hague, c…ity of peace and justice.
The Movies that Matter Festival is the Netherlands' main platform for engaged cinema, with dozens of documentaries and movies of inspired film makers being screened every year. Films that stir the debate about human rights, human dignity and situations where these are at stake. The films often have their first and final screening at the festival.
Apart from the regular film programme an elaborate "in-depth" programme of talk shows and debates, among other things, enables the audience to exchange views with international human rights defenders, film makers, politicians and journalists.
The festival features a festive opening night, an award ceremony on the closing night, an educational programme, special private screenings and activities related to the festival, such as a photo gallery, a play and music performances. Thanks to the support of our partners, a selection of festival films find their way to television and the Internet, and go on a national roadshow in February, March and April.
The festival has two main sections: A Matter of ACT, Amnesty International's competition programme consisting of ten documentaries that deal with remarkable human rights defenders, and Camera Justitia, the competition programme featuring films on international justice. The latter is organized in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Justice.
Each year a variety of themes are covered. The 2010 edition put the spotlight on gay rights, migration and moving. A selection of the best IDFA human rights documentaries and impressive human rights movies brought to the big screen in 2009, was also presented. full text
Festival website www.moviesthatmatter.nl/english_index
