The 14th edition of the Movies that Matter Festival, the yearly film festival with human rights at its core, has announced the titles across its competitions. The festival will once again present two international competitions: the Grand Jury Fiction Award and Grand Jury Documentary Award. Along with the two international jury competitions, the festival also presents three thematic competitions: the Activist Competition, featuring eight documentaries about the work of human rights activists; Camera Justitia, which zooms in on the importance of the rule of law and the fight against impunity; and Dutch Movies Matter celebrating films from the Netherlands that open eyes to human rights. Seven international shorts will compete in the Shorts Competition and a student jury from Leiden University will pick the winner of their Students’ Choice Award.

Find more information on the full 2022 Movies That Matter Festival programme – HERE

Grand Jury Documentary Selection

• Ascension – Jessica Kingdon
• Eternal Spring (長春) – Jason Loftus
• Myanmar Diaries – Myanmar Film Collective
• Navalny – Daniel Roher
• Nelly & Nadine – Magnus Gertten
• The Territory – Alex Pritz
• The Therapy – Zvi Landsman (European premiere)
• Wij praten niet – Marjolein Busstra (world premiere)
• Writing With Fire – Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh