Welcome to our treasure trove of world-changing films. Browse, watch and share 100s of films on a wide range of key social and environmental justice issues, from women’s empowerment to climate change, via access to education or food sustainability. Seeking further inspiration? Explore the links to dozens of Scotland-based organisations working towards positive social change.
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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.
Screening 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.
Marion Cloete and her family devote their lives to helping South African children orphaned by AIDS and violence.
Screened as part of TOAFF18
What if your country was swallowed by the sea? A portrait of paradise on the brink.
17-year-old Khaldiya intimateley captures the look, feel and sounds of her everyday life in Jordan’s Za’atari Refugee Camp
Screening 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.
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.
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?
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.
