Lecture filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents a lecture by the Iraqi Dutch filmmaker Mohamed Al-Daradji with the theme "Fiction and Reality: a fine line in Iraq and the Middle East" the 27th of May. De lecture takes place in the 'Grote Zaal' of the Rode Hoed, Keizersgracht 102, ...

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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi on hunger strike

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi began a hunger strike in Tehran's Evin prison, where he has been held for more than two months on security charges.  A Paris-based Iranian cultural center has released a letter by Panahi. He says the hunger strike is a way to protest his treatment ...

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'Weapon of War' wins Amnesty International Award

At the 7th Planet Doc Review Film Festival in Warsaw, Poland, the documentary Weapon of War by directors Ilse and Femke Van Velzen, also screened at the Movies that Matter Festival 2010, received the Amnesty International Award. The Jury's comments:"The Jury recognizes ...

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Filmisreal in The Hague

Sunday the 23th of May Filmisreal, the festival for new Israeli cinema, takes place in Filmhuis Den Haag. The five best films of Filmisreal 2010 will all be screened in one day. The beautifal fiction film Jaffa, the interesting Refugees and the important documentary The Judge, ...

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Looking for an internship?

Movies that Matter is looking for an intern for the Programming department from June till September 2010 and from August/September till December 2010 (at least 24 hours a week). You will deal with diverse supporting activities, like keeping up to date the dvd archive and the digital ...

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