On a desolate planet, two machines compete to mine a precious mineral but when the crystals are sparse even a robot can get greedy

A group of cynical filmmakers plan a “poverty porn” drama solely for the purpose of scoring free travel to international film festivals in this clever satire of the Filipino film industry

Strong and determined women are ending poverty all over the world, so just imagine what they could do with nothing holding them back…

Adam Sobel | 2017

United Kingdom | 89 min | 12+ years | English, Arabic, Hindi... with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF17

Inside Qatar’s labor camps, the African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own.

Who says CO2 pollution can’t be funny? In this delightful short, an 8-year-old climate scientist and the Green Ninja take on a fleet of pooping cars to save the world.

Gina Wenzel | 2017

Germany | 24 min | 12+ years | German with English subtitles |

Laura’s alienation, aloofness and lack of direction is challenged through meeting Safi, a refugee.

Amer Albarzawi | 2016

4 min | 8+ years | Arabic with English subtitles |

Yaman is a young inventor. His greatest invention is an incredible machine which can turns tissues into incredible ones, an invention that helps him survive.

Mohammad Gorjestani | 2017

United States | 8 min | 8+ years | English, Arabic with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF18

As a newly-arrived refugee in the US, Yassin’s dream is to share the food he loves.

Els Van Driel | 2015

Netherlands | 24 min | 8+ years | English, Arabic, Dutch with English subtitles |

Tareq fled Syria when he was just 11 and has been living in the Netherlands on his own, without his parents, for over a year. When they are finally reunited he’s happy, of course, but things aren’t always that simple…

A humour-filled portrait of a not-so-humble, iconic fruit, threatened by its very ubiquity.

A screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as the CEO’s of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world’s most outrageous pranks.

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday’s one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.

Scottish landowners go head-to-head with billionaire Donald Trump to prevent construction of a golf resort on an environmentally sensitive stretch of coastline.

Claire Simon | 2018

France | 100 min | 8+ years | French with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF18

“I know who I want to be but I don’t know who I will be.”

A portrait of the beginnings of social and political resistance in Russia

Within a refrigerator, a battle ensues as mouldy, decaying foods forgotten in the depths of the back rise up against the fresh ingredients that reside in the front.

A group of young Arabs employ the internet as a tool to fight against their countries authoritarian regimes