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

Ufuoma Essi | 2019

United Kingdom | 14 min | 8+ years | English |

Screened as part of TOAFF21

An experimental meditation on the relationship between Black women’s collective experience with music, history, and the act of reclamation.

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?

In Austin, Texas, two expectant mothers—one undocumented and one US citizen—must contend with increased ICE raids and mounting hostility towards immigrants under President Trump.

Corinne van Egeraat, Petr Lom | 2013

Netherlands | 75 min | Arabic with English subtitles |

A cinematic poem about four young creative women in an Egypt, where the dreams of the revolution have begun to unravel, and where women’s rights are extremely vulnerable.

Mo Scarpelli | 2019

Ethiopia, Italy, United States | 86 min | 12+ years | Amharic with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF19

This lyrical documentary follows a young boy who uses his creativity, imagination and sharp wits to battle forces beyond his control.

Miguel Araoz Cartagena | 2019

Canada, Peru, United States | 3 min | 5+ years | Kukama with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF21

The enchanting Peruvian legend of a Kukama god comes alive in this animated film about the creation of the vast, winding rivers of the Amazon.

Louise Hogarth | 2007

South Africa | 95 min | 12+ years | English with English subtitles |

Marion Cloete and her family devote their lives to helping South African children orphaned by AIDS and violence.

Matthieu Rytz | 2018

Canada | 77 min | 12+ years | English with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF18

What if your country was swallowed by the sea? A portrait of paradise on the brink.

Khaldiya Jhibawi | 2015

Jordan | 5 min | 8+ years | Arabic with English subtitles |

17-year-old Khaldiya intimateley captures the look, feel and sounds of her everyday life in Jordan’s Za’atari Refugee Camp

J.Baichwal, N. de Pencier, E. Burtynsky | 2018

Canada | 87 min | 12+ years | English, Cantonese, Chinese (Mandarin)... with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF19

In their follow-up to Manufactured Landscapes and Watermark (TOAFF14), photographer Edward Burtynsky and his artistic collaborators Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de pencier offer a cinematic meditation on the way human activity has reshaped the Earth.

A Syrian-Armenian girl discovers her father’s plans of leaving the place she had come to call home.