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Movies that Matter Festival 2016

18th – 26th March 2016  ● The Hague, the Netherlands

The Movies that Matter Festival is the annual film and debate festival on human rights and social justice in The Hague, the International city of Peace and Justice.

It takes place each year in March and features a general film programme of over seventy feature films and documentaries, seminars and debates and a youth programme.
The Movies that Matter Festival presents two main programmes. In cooperation with Amnesty International A Matter of ACT pays attention to human rights defenders and their crucial role in the worldwide protection of human rights. Camera Justitia is a film and debate programme on international law and justice.

2. The next edition of the Movies that Matter Festival takes place between 18th - 26th of March, 2016.  We welcome you to submit your film(s), for the two main competitions: A Matter of ACT and Camera Justitia. Films made after October 2014 can be submitted until 15th of October, 2015.  About the competitions:

3. A Matter of ACT presents documentaries and debates with human rights defenders in cooperation with the Dutch section of Amnesty International
4. Camera Justitia sheds light on the (international) legal order and the rule of law, legal dilemmas and infractions of justice. Both documentaries and fiction films are welcome for this competition.

Activists and directors of the selected films in these competitions will be invited as guests for the festival.

Awards

The festivals presents six awards offering prize money of about € 20.000. Among these awards are:

GOLDEN BUTTERFLY - Human Rights Award                                                                        € 5.000

GOLDEN BUTTERFLY –Best Documentary in the A Matter of ACT competition                           € 4.000

SILVER BUTTERFLY - Camera Justitia Award for best film on law and justice                           € 5.000
                                              

Movies that Matter Foundation

Movies that Matter believes that film is a powerful weapon against social indifference. Film has an unprecedented capacity to open eyes. Movies that Matter, an Amnesty International initiative, offers a platform for engaged cinema. Poignant fiction films and revealing documentaries that stir debate about human rights, sustainability and the fight against injustice. These films are screened at schools, at the Movies that Matter Festival in the Hague and at the On Tour film theatres located throughout The Netherlands. Movies that Matter is also the home base for various activities. Besides the Movies that Matter Festival, the organisation realises a human rights programme at IDFA, educational programmes and monthly human rights film and debate programmes across a network of 15 Dutch theatres. Committed to the support and promotion of human rights film screenings worldwide, Movies that Matter offers an extra stimulus to the wider circulation of human rights films in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Movies that Matter gladly considers your entry for the Movies that Matter Festival or for one of its other human rights film programmes, too.

How to submit your film

1. Complete the online entry form and read the rules and regulations here.
2. Submit your film via an online screening link (using the above submission form). Alternatively, you may send a DVD Pal version of your film to:

Movies that Matter Festival
Maarten Stoltz
PO Box 1968, 1000 BZ Amsterdam      
The Netherlands 

or

Movies that Matter Festival
Maarten Stoltz
Keizersgracht 177, 1016 DR Amsterdam
The Netherlands                                               

We look forward to seeing your film!