Human rights films @ IDFA

Human rights films @ IDFA

Movies that Matter has a special programme at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
On Sunday 20 November, a selection of 4 films will be screened, followed by debates. The programme includes Tahrir 2011, which gives a view of the revolution in Egypt from inside, and 5 Broken Cameras, a powerful and personal portrait of a Palestinian village's opposition to encroaching Jewish settlements.

Please click here for more information about the Movies that Matter programme at IDFA.

Embassy screenings 10 December

On 10 December 2011, International Human Rights Day will be celebrated all over the world. On this occasion, and in partnership with Movies that Matter, 35 Netherlands Embassies and Consulates are organizing human rights film screenings.

Films to be screened are "Blood in the Mobile", "Cameroon: coming out of the Nkuta", "The Devil Operation", "Son of Babylon" and "Position among the Stars".

In many places these film screenings will be followed by discussions about the topics addressed in these films, such as corporate social responsibility, missing persons, LGBT rights and freedom of religion