The inspiring story of a Muslim teen who harnesses social media from her Chicago bedroom to protect citizen journalism and protest in Syria.

Karim El Hakim & Omar Shargawi | 2011

Denmark | 72 min | 15+ years | Arabic with English subtitles |

A personal account of two filmmakers’ experiences in the streets of Cairo during the first days of the Arab Spring.

Valentin Thurn | 2015

Germany | 107 min | 12+ years | English, German, Hindi... with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF16

With the world population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, how will the world feed itself?

Leonardo Di Caprio looks at the state of the global environment, including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet’s ecosystems.

Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi | 2011

France, Israel, Netherlands... | 94 min | 15+ years | Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles |

A Palestinian farmer turned filmmaker chronicles nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army in the West Bank.

The story of one woman’s obsession with a great scientific discovery – and her struggle to be understood.

A moving homage to mothers’ love and resourcefulness

A global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousand uses—and why there’s so much of it.

Megan Mylan | 2014

United States | 10 min | 12+ years | Bengali with English subtitles |

A short film about an Indian teenager growing in independence

A man living in 2055 looks back at old footage from our time and asks: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

A young girl living in a war-torn Middle Eastern country dreams of a new life in this soulful animation.

Independent journalists Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald, and Michael Moore expose government lies and corporate deception, inspired by the legendary investigative journalist I.F. Stone.

Mike Leigh’s powerful look behind the doors of a housing estate

A family tries to live by the seasons instead of by the clock, leaving the comforts of home for the remote Yukon wilderness.

Lee Hirsch | 2002

South Africa | 108 min | 12+ years | English with English subtitles |

Fascinating story of the musicians who used songs of protest, freedom and change to fight against South Africa’s apartheid regime

A rare look behind the scenes of Ghana’s 2008 presidential elections and at the larger-than-life politicians who battle to win the high-stakes political contest.

Khushboo Ranka & Vinay Shukla | 2016

India | 96 min | 8+ years | Hindi with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF17

Arvind Kejriwal, the head of the Common Man’s Party, confronts the status quo of corruption in India politics.

A stone will encounter lots of obstacles over the course of a millennium, but is there any greater disruption than that of human civilization?