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.

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.

Kamar Ahmed Simon | 2012

Bangladesh | 90 min | 12+ years | Bengali with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF13

A Bangladeshi family battle the surging front line of climate change in this critically acclaimed, mesmerising and paired-back testament to the hidden cost of high-carbon living.

A film about people, wild rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them.

An Estonian theatre group take on their boldest, most ambitious project: the creation of a new political party. Is it a hoax or are they for real?

Intimate portrait of the lives of five refugee kids during their first year in a Red Cross refugee school in Denmark.

Jacques-Rémy Girerd and Benoît Chieux | 2013

France, Luxembourg | 89 min | 8+ years | French with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF14

Hilda lives high above the city in her greenhouse until a genetically modified grain threatens to disrupt the natural harmony of the Earth.