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September 7, 2021
Movies that matter has extended the Deadline for its Call for Proposals.
Are you organising a human rights film event, festival or mobile cinema project and still looking for funding? Apply for the next round of its grant programme to give your project the necessary boost. For this second selection round of 2021, organisations in Southeast Asia are especially invited to apply (Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam).
See if your project meets the basic criteria for funding and make sure to apply before Wednesday 15 September 2021.
See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2019/07/18/call-for-application-for-start-up-impact-grants-for-human-rights-film-festivals/
https://moviesthatmatter.nl/newsletter/newsletter-industry-september-2021/
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July 18, 2019
Apply for funding – deadline: 1 September 2019
Movies that Matter has opened again the possibility to get Start-up & Impact Grants for film festivals.
START-UP GRANT
- Movies that Matter supports film events in their initial phase. Only the 1st and 2nd edition can be supported through a start-up grant.
- The maximum support of a start-up grant is €7,500 per project.
- Movies that Matter is prepared to offer a start-up grant according to the following rules:
- 1st time: up to 100% of total project costs
- 2nd time: up to 75% of total project costs.
IMPACT GRANT
- The impact grant is intended for more established film festivals, and can be used for further developing the festival and increasing its impact.
- The maximum support of an impact grant is €10,000 per project.
- The Impact Grant can never cover more than 50% of total costs.
General regulations
- Movies that Matter does not support film production. We support film festivals, mobile cinema and other types of film screenings to promote public debate on human rights.
- Movies that Matter does not support filmmakers and producers distributing or screening their own film(s).
- Total costs of the project can never exceed €100,000,-.
- Organisations can be supported for a maximum of five times.
- As the selection process takes around two months, projects should not start within 80 days after the deadline. Therefore, projects starting before 20 November 2019 cannot be considered.
- The results of the selection will be announced about two months after the application deadline, i.e. early November.
Selection criteria
- Film screenings will contribute to discussion about human rights in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East or Eastern Europe.
- Movies that Matter prefers films that are independently produced. Screenings of educational films or NGO outreach films are not supported.
- Movies that Matter values projects targeting youths or new audiences that do not regularly attend film screenings and discussion programmes, for instance in peripheral areas.
- Movies that Matter gives priority to small and medium-scale projects (with a total budget below €50,000).
- The project takes place in one of the countries as defined on the DAC List of ODA recipients and/or countries where press freedom is seriously at stake, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East or Eastern Europe. With respect to this DAC List of ODA recipients, priority is given to projects in “Least Developed Countries”, “Other Low Income Countries” and “Lower Middle Income Countries”.
- Projects are organised and executed by, or in close cooperation with, human rights organisations.
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December 20, 2018
Are you into screening films on human rights in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America or the Middle East, and would you like to learn more about programming, organisational matters and attracting new audiences? Then apply for Cinema without Borders, a workshop and networking programme on how to organise a human rights film festival. The five-day programme, which takes place during the Movies that Matter Festival 2019 in The Hague, brings together starting and more experienced film festival professionals from all over the world. See call for proposals here.
More info Cinema without Borders >
See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/09/28/start-up-or-impact-grants-available-for-human-rights-film-festivals/
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September 28, 2018
Movies That Matter is pleased to announce that, contrary to its earlier message, there will be a second round of its grant programme this year. [see https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/02/14/call-for-proposals-to-organize-human-rights-film-festivals-2018-19/] If you organise a film event to stimulate the discussion on human rights, social justice and freedom of expression, submit your project proposal! If you are interested in organising a human rights film event in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe or the Middle East, Movies That Matter offers financial assistance and advice to festival organisers in low-income countries and states where press freedom is limited.
The deadline is 14 October. Please note that projects starting before 1 January 2019 cannot be considered.
Visit the site for other general regulations, selection criteria and the entry form.
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February 14, 2018
To promote the screenings of human rights cinema worldwide, Movies that Matter offers grants to human rights film events in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, especially in countries with limited resources and freedom of press. These events can take various forms, such as human rights film festivals, LGBT film festivals and mobile cinema projects. Please note that Movies that Matter does not support film production. You can apply on-line. The deadline is 15 April 201§8
see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2017/11/19/supporting-film-festivals-on-human-rights-in-2018/
https://www.moviesthatmatter.nl/english_index/international/support_programme
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November 19, 2017
Movies that Matter presented the ten festivals that it recently decided to support. This month, it offered grants to a new round of projects. Among others, two debuting festivals that will receive the start-up grant: for the first time a human rights film festival will take place in Timor-Leste in 2018. To bring the cinema to the people, the Timor-Leste Human Rights Film Festival will use a portable set-up to screen their selection of films at multiple sites. A new film festival will also arrive in South Africa: Shining Lights onto Langa. The festival introduces people to the Sunshine Cinema, a solar powered mobile cinema that converts solar energy into social impact. It brings people together with the intent to uplift grassroots movements and create networks of social change.
Additionally, the support goes to three film festivals that pay direct attention to LGTBQI+ rights in Turkey, Pakistan and Myanmar. Other supported cinema projects include those in Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Palestine, Turkey and Peru.
See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2017/03/01/small-grant-programme-for-human-rights-film-festivals-deadline-17-april/
Read more about all projects that were supported this year 
https://www.moviesthatmatter.nl/nieuwsbrief_internationaal/18/international-support-november-2017
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Tags: developing countries, East Timor, films, human rights film festivals, human rights films, Movies that Matter, South Africa, Timor Leste
April 10, 2017
Beth Murphy (Filmmaker/Journalist) wrote in the Huffington Post of 31 March 2017 under the title “The world’s human rights movement would look very different ‘if it weren’t for women’” a piece that highlights women human rights defenders in the context of the Movies That Matter Film Festival which took place in the Netherlands earlier this year [https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2017/03/15/movies-that-matter-film-festival-in-the-hague-from-24-march-to-1-april-2017/]. Movies that Matter, the Amnesty International film festival celebrated nine human rights defenders and screened films that share their powerful stories. Here some of these defenders: Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Afghanistan, Beth Murphy, City 40 (film), Dil Leyla (film), Disturbing the Peace (film), films, human rights film festivals, Leyla Imret, Movies that Matter, Nadezhda Kutepova, Razia Jan, Russia, Saliha Ben Ali, Shifa al-Quds, The Empty Room (film), Turkey, What Tomorrow Brings (film), women human rights defenders
March 1, 2017
The increasing use of images in the human rights world seems unstoppable. One (small) feature is the organisation of local human rights film festivals. Movies that Matter has an International Support Programme that offers small grants to stage human rights film events in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Eastern Europe.
To promote the screenings of human rights cinema worldwide, Movies that Matter zooms in especially on countries with limited resources and freedom of press. These events can take various forms, such as human rights film festivals, LGBT film festivals, mobile cinema projects, school screenings and grassroots distribution. Each year the grant programme has two selection rounds. Deadlines are usually around mid-April [NEXT DEADLINE 17 APRIL 2017] and mid-September. Movies that Matter judges every project on its individual quality. If you’re not sure whether your project fits within the criteria, please contact MTM at international (at) moviesthatmatter.nl.
Please note that Movies that Matter does not support film production. Find an overview of possible resources for film production here.!
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March 15, 2016
Movies that Matter supports human rights film screenings in developing countries and countries where press freedom is at stake. Applications are welcome for mobile cinema projects, human rights film festivals, film outreach projects or other innovative cinema projects to stimulate the discussion on human rights, social justice and freedom of expression?
Starting this year, Movies that Matter offers two types of grants to stage human rights film festivals and screenings in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East:
a) start-up grants (max. EUR 7,500); and b) impact grants (max. EUR 10,000).
Please note that Movies that Matter does not support film production!
The application deadline is 17 April 2016.
See the website for more information about these types of grants, the selection criteria and how to apply:
http://www.moviesthatmatter.nl/english_index/international/support_programme
For inspiration, read about Movies that Matter’s earlier grantees here:
http://www.moviesthatmatter.nl/english_index/international/support_programme/supported_projects
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