movies that matter

Welcome to the website of Movies that Matter. Movies that Matter Foundation, an initiative of Amnesty International, organises wide-ranging film programmes in which human rigts take centre stage. Besides information about our activities, on this website you'll find an extended film database, a calender and news.

News items

'In the Land of Blood and Honey' in cinemas

February 16, 2012

Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s, In the Land of Blood and Honey tells the story of Danijel and Ajla, two people from different sides of a brutal ethnic conflict. Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, and Ajla, a Bosnian ...

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Tonight 'Belvedere' in Louis Hartloper Complex, Utrecht

February 06, 2012

Tonight, at 19.00 hrs in Louis Hartlooper Complex, Utrecht  the film Belvedere. A moving film about survivors of the genocide in Srebrenica. Adnan, a young accordion player who lives in the Belvedere refugee camp, is fed up with his family’s gloomy existence and auditions ...

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The Seperation nominated for Oscar

January 25, 2012

A Separation received an Academy Award Nomination in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. Earlier this month, the Iranian film won a Golden Globe Award. Simin, who is married to Nader, wants to leave Iran together with her family. She has set everything up to leave ...

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No More Fear in Groningen

January 24, 2012

Tonight last chance to see the documentary No More Fear in Movies that Matter On Tour. At 21.00 hrs in Vera Zienema, Groningen. In this film about the Jasmine Revolution that shook Tunisia at the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011, director Mourad Ben Cheikh follows human ...

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'No More Fear' about the Jasminrevolution in Tunesia at Kriterion, Amsterdam.

January 16, 2012

This Wednesday, January 18th, the documentary No More Fear will be screened at film theatre Kriterion in Amsterdam.  In this documentary about about the Jasminrevolution in Tunesia director Mourad Ben Cheikh follows human rights lawyer Rashia Nasroui, blogger Leen Ben Mheni and ...

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