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An Insignificant Man
Screened as part of TOAFF17
Arvind Kejriwal, the head of the Common Man’s Party, confronts the status quo of corruption in India politics.
Blood Brother
A young US man drifting through India ends up in an HIV orphanage
Born into Brothels
The children of Calcutta’s red light district discover photography in this tribute to the resiliency of childhood, and the restorative power of art.
Cecilia
An Indian mother tries to hold her child’s traffickers to account
Fire in the Blood
The story of activists who fought for access to HIV medicines
Gandhi
The classic biography of the legendary Mohandas K. Gandhi.
Inventing Tomorrow
Screened as part of TOAFF19
Communities across the world are bearing the brunt of climate chaos and environmental degradation. Change is desperately needed, but how do such communities adapt to existing problems? In Inventing Tomorrow, hope takes the form of a group of young students, from Indonesia, India, Mexico and Hawaii, as they prepare for ISEF, the world’s largest high-school science competition.
Light Fly, Fly High
Screened as part of TOAFF14
As a young Indian girl born outside caste, Thulasi is trying to box her way out of poverty. But the struggle for an independent life is hardest outside the ring.
Millions Can Walk
Screened as part of TOAFF14
Indigenous inhabitants and landless farmers demand their right to existence by making a 400 kilometres protest march through India.
Nero’s Guests
Powerful exposé of the high rates of farmer suicide in India by a remarkable journalist.
Pink Saris
Screened as part of TOAFF11
The leader of the Pink Gang, a group of young Indian women who are combating violence against women, brings her own brand of justice to the streets of Uttar Pradesh
Powerless
Screened as part of TOAFF13
The city administration of Kanpur, India, wages an uphill battle to clamp down on power-theft as a group of young men steal electricity from the rich to provide free connections in the cities impoverished neighbourhoods
The Revolutionary Optimists
Screened as part of TOAFF14
Amlan Ganguly doesn’t rescue children living in the slums of Kolkata; he empowers them to become change agents, battling poverty and transforming their neighbourhoods
Salma
Screened as part of TOAFF13
The Indian woman who after being locked away for 25 years by her conservative village broke free and found her voice as a poet and an activist
TV in the Fish Tail
Screened as part of TOAFF18
In an isolated Himalayan village, two teenage boys witness the arrival of the first TV sets.
Unravel
Where do our discarded clothes end up? A fascinating yarn unravels on a journey across Northern India.
We Are Fire (The Gulabi Gang)
When Champa Pal’s husband was murdered her life fell apart however an encounter with the vigilante Gulabi Gang changed everything.