A creative documentary with astonishing insight into EU lawmaking, showing how a group of politicians are fighting to minimise the impact of Big Data and mass surveillance.

7 individuals strive for a better life in modern-day US and UK – where the top 0.1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%.

One woman’s inspiring fight against teenage prostitution

A reporter confronts celebrities & politicians damaging the ocean in a bid to wake the world up to the consequences of overfishing.

As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatise the water supply.

Celebrating the power of modern and creative forms of non-violent protest and civil disobedience.

Face Places sees iconic filmmaker Agnès Varda forging an unexpected collaboration with photographer JR as they embark on a road trip like no other.

Gianfranco Rosi | 2016

France, Italy | 114 min | 12+ years | English, Italian with English subtitles |

Heartbreak, hope and nostalgia collide in this complex portrait of Lampedusa, a Mediterranean – the first port of call for thousands of refugees hoping to make a new life in Europe.

The story of activists who fought for access to HIV medicines

A film that lifts the veil on America’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanised underbelly that’s been hidden from the consumer with the consent of government regulatory agencies.

A young indigenous leader confronts the fractures in his community as he fights to reconcile traditional teachings with the law to protect the land.

Just a few years ago, an unconditional basic income was considered a pipe dream. Today, this utopia is much closer than we’d ever imagined.

Stories of nine girls from developing countries show them overcoming great obstacles to obtain an education, and empower themselves and others like them.

Bill Binney, the former technical director of the NSA, discusses the NSA’s decision to not use a cheap surveillance tool that would have raised the alarm for the 9/11 attacks.

Werner Boote | 2018

Austria | 93 min | 12+ years | English, German with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF18

Environmentally-friendly electric cars, sustainably-produced food products, fair production processes… Can our purchasing power help save the world?

Find out about the (growing!) role of urban farming in America, and how much power it has to revitalise our cities and change the way we eat.

After suffering a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter fights the bureaucratic forces of the system in order to receive Employment and Support Allowance.

Mohamed Nasheed, president of the Maldive Islands, works tirelessly to save his country from the ravages of global climate change.