How can films change the world? They can't, but the people who watch them can.
Welcome to the website of Movies that Matter. Movies that Matter, an initiative of Amnesty International, wants to open people’s eyes to human rights through film. We offer a platform for feature films and documentaries made by filmmakers taking a stand for human rights and a sustainable world. On this site you will find information about our activities, among which the Movies that Matter Festival, an extensive database, and a nationwide agenda of screenings and programmes centred on human rights films. Click here to watch videoclips of our projects.
Two new 'movies that matter'
Thursday the 29th of July two movies that matter premiere: Five Minutes of Heaven and Silent Voice. The film Five Minutes of Heaven takes place in Northern Ireland, Februari 1975. Seventeen year-old UVF member Alistair Little kills the catholic Jimmy Griffin in his house in Lurgan in front of his younger brother Joe Griffin. Alistair is imprisoned for twelve years. Thirty-three years later Alistair and Joe meet... In Silent Voices three persons come across each other in a French prison: the Algerian mother whose son is killed, a sixteen year-old girl who is in love with an arrested rebel and the confused Stéphane. The tension mounts.
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Movies that Matter on tour
In collaboration with movie theatres and local Amnesty groups, Movies that Matter organises monthly film screenings followed by interviews or debates with interesting guests in ten Dutch cities. Each month we present a current feature film or documentary, usually exclusive to this programme. The audience has ample opportunity to talk to the guests, among who politicians, experts or human rights activists. The 5th season will start in October 2010, the filmprogramme will be online as of September. For more information about the films that were screened in Spring 2010.
Movies that Matter Festival
The Movies that Matter Festival is the annual international film and debate festival of Amnesty International. The festival offers a platform for films that focus on situations where human rights and human dignity are at stake. Since early 2009 the festival has been organised in and around Filmhuis Den Haag, in the city of justice and peace. In 2011 the festival will take place from Thursday March 24th - Wednesday March 30th. Read more on the festival website.
Police, Adjective, winner of the FIPRESCI Award and the Un Certain Regard Jury Award at the Filmfestival in Cannes 2009, was screened at the Movies that Matter Festival 2010 and is out in cinemas now.
