News - maart 17, 2011

Official launch Mobile Cinema Foundation

The Mobile Cinema Foundation will be launched on 25 March at 20:30 during Amnesty International’s Movies that Matter Film Festival in The Hague. A mobile cinema at Spuiplein will show the documentary ‘The Mobile Cinema’, a film about the work of the Foundation in eastern Congo. Come and join us for this screening!

‘The Mobile Cinema’ premiers at the Movies that Matter Film Festival. The film It’s a film that shows how the Foundation’s mobile cinema project in eastern Congo has generated debate among local communities about sexual violence.

The screening of the documentary ‘The Mobile Cinema’ marks the official launch of the Mobile Cinema Foundation. The MCF’s and the initiators Femke and Ilse van Velzen and Nynke Douma will be present to talk about highlight the work and experiences of of the Foundation with mobile cinemas.

A round table debate will be held on March 27th in the Mercure Hotel in the Hague (Spuiplein). During the round table, the initiators of the Foundation will share with other filmmakers their motivation for using mobile cinemas and the opportunities, challenges and impacts that the tool presents to filmmakers and audiences.

The Movies that Matter festival is an initiative of Amnesty International. During the festival a large number of films will be shown that deal with a variety of topics linked to the promotion of human rights worldwide.

News - december 19, 2013

Droit pour Tous evaluated

The Droit pour Tous campaign will officially end by November. This is related to the end of the contract term with the donor the Dutch Postcode Lottery. We are currently looking into possibilities for additional funding to continue using the films. The campaign project is in comings weeks being evaluated, which is an exercise taking place on three levels. FULL STORY

News - september 25, 2012

Training of moderators and last mini kits arrived in Congo

New shipment of mobile cinema kits and partnersNext to the 8 mobile cinema kits already distributed to the first batch of local partners in August, FULL STORY

News - juli 13, 2012

Droit pour Tous campaign in final preparation stage

After a full year of intensive preparations, the ‘Droit pour Tous’ (rights for all) campaign will enter its one-month pilot phase in August. FULL STORY

News - december 6, 2011

Mobile Cinema for Congo’s army up and running

Since August 2011, 6 short films developed by the Mobile Cinema Foundation are being shown to soldiers from Congo’s army. FULL STORY

News - september 12, 2011

New record: 10.000 Congolese attend the Mobile Cinema

Around 10.000 people gathered to watch a screening of ‘Fighting the Silence’ in Mulo village on the 21st of August 2011 in North Kivu, DRC.
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News - maart 26, 2011

Open Air Cinema big succes!

A large number of people had gathered for the open air cinema where ‘The Mobile Cinema’ documentary premièred.  The event also marked the launch of the Mobile Cinema Foundation. FULL STORY

News - maart 19, 2011

Politicians open ‘The Mobile Cinema’

Secretary of State Mr Ben Knapen (Foreign Affairs) opens the premiere of ‘The Mobile Cinema’ on the 25th of March at het Spuiplein in The Hague. FULL STORY