Take on Film & Impact Application Call 2026

Movies that Matter is looking for film projects on human rights and/or social or environmental issues to participate in our Take on Film & Impact programme on 22, 23 and 24 March 2026. The Take on Film & Impact programme takes place during the Movies that Matter Festival 20 – 28 March 2026 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

The application deadline is Wednesday, 17th December 2025 at 23:59 CET.

PLEASE NOTE:

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If you get a message saying that the film title already exists, please add the production year on the end like this: Film title (yyyy)

If you encounter any problems while submitting your application, please send an email to industry@moviesthatmatter.nl

Project

English Title

Original Project Title

Director first name

Last name

Director 2

Director 3

Producer first name

Last name

Producer 2

Type film

Documentary

Fiction

Genre

Animation

Short film

Production status

Expected date of finishing production

Length (minutes)

Country of production

Production company

Extra (co-)production companies and/or (co-)producers

Spoken language

Main shooting location(s) (countries, cities, regions)

Human rights related themes

Logline (max. 250 characters, approx. 50 words)

Synopsis

Link to trailer

(Official) Website of the film

Social media account

Impact statement (max. 2000 characters, approx. 400 words)

Budget

Please round amounts to whole numbers. Example: if you have a total budget of forty thousand euros and forty cents, please formulate it like this: 40000.

Total budget (in euro)

Total budget secured (amount in euro and confirmed parties)

Please round amounts to whole numbers. Example: if you have a total budget of forty thousand euros and forty cents, please formulate it like this: 40000.

Impact budget (in euro)

Impact budget secured (amount in euro and confirmed parties)

Partners attached (sales agent, impact partners etc | list name(s) and type(s) of partners)

Participants

Per project we ask two participants to take part in the workshop programme in The Hague in person. Please list these two participants below.

Festival participant 1 first name

Last name

Festival participant 1 e-mail

Festival participant 2 first name

Last name

Festival participant 2 e-mail

Contact & remarks

Contact person first name

Last name

Contact person e-mail

Contact person mobile number

Remarks (anything else you would like to add?)

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