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

Tim Tyson Short | 2019

United Kingdom | 40 min | 8+ years | English |

An uplifting environmental film that explains why the world needs to plant more trees in the tropics and the amazing things that can happen when we take care of the people tending the forests.

Karim El Hakim, Omar Shargawi | 2011

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

Screened as part of TOAFF12

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.

Concerned about his young daughter’s future, filmmaker Damon Gameau travels the world in search of new approaches and solutions to climate change.

Lily Cameron | 2021

Scotland | 2 min | English with English subtitles |

Young people from Isaro Community Initiative share three actions we can take to help keep global warming within 1.5c and tackle climate change.

Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi | 2011

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

Screened as part of TOAFF12

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

Radu Ciorniciuc | 2019

Finland, Germany, Romania | 86 min | 12+ years | Romanian with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF20

Arresting portrait of a Roma family forced to abandon their off-grid life for an uncertain future in the city.

Emily Somerville | 2021

Scotland | 2 min | 5+ years | English with English subtitles |

Young people from Cowall Youth Forum call for us to act now and highlight actions we can take to help tackle climate change and its impact on our planet.

Maryam Touzani | 2019

France, Morocco | 98 min | 12+ years | Arabic with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF20

A moving study of motherhood, sisterhood, and the position of women in Moroccan society.

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

Lisa Fannen, Monika Smekot, Alison Smith | 2021

Scotland | 7 min | 8+ years | English, British Sign Language with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF21

Traversing poetry, dance, movement, sign language and film, Affirmation #6 considers what it means to respond to, and be part of, swelling movements for transformation.

Megan Mylan | 2014

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

A short film about an Indian teenager growing in independence

Priscila Tapajowara | 2021

Brazil | 39 min | 8+ years | Portuguese with English subtitles |

Priscila Tapajowara weaves together documentary and mythology in two gentle portraits of indigenous and riverine people from the Amazon.

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?