A young Kenyan’s life changes drastically when his education is sponsored. Years later, he founds his own scholarship program to replicate the kindness he once received.

Three years after I, Daniel Blake (TOAFF16), Ken Loach and his long-term collaborators (screenwriter Paul Laverty and producer Rebecca O’Brien) return with another devastatingly powerful portrait of contemporary Britain.

Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiralling us downwards, towards collapse?

Julia Dahr | 2016

Norway, United Kingdom | 85 min | 8+ years | English, Swahili with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF17

A moving portrait of resilience on the frontlines of climate change.

An epic attempt to re-imagine the challenge of climate change and see it as the best chance we’ve ever had to demand – and build – a better world.

François-Xavier Drouet | 2018

France | 103 min | 8+ years | French with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF19

A living forest or a green desert? Tomorrow’s landscape will be defined by the choices we make today.

Gini Reticker | 2015

Egypt, United States | 80 min | 15+ years | Arabic with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF16

What is the legacy of Egypt’s 2011 revolution for the women who took part?

Andrew Morgan | 2015

United States | 89 min | 12+ years | English with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF16

What is the price of fast fashion? An urgent and shocking overview of the consequences of our addiction to cheap, disposable clothing.

The mystery of honeybee colony collapse is provoking a crisis.

A funny and revealing account of the life and career of Ken Loach

Pablo Iraburu, Migueltxo Molina | 2015

Spain | 83 min | 12+ years | English, Afrikaans, Arabic... with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF16

3 walls, 6 countries. A portrait of division and common humanity.

Amer Shomali & Paul Cowan | 2014

Canada, France, Palestine | 75 min | 12+ years | English, Arabic, French... with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF15

How did a herd of 18 cows defy the Middle East’s most powerful army? An extraordinary story of non-violent resistance during the First Palestinian Intifada

Discover the story of the Catholic and Protestant women who come together during Northern Ireland’s bloody conflict to form an all-female political party and fight for the historic Good Friday Agreement peace deal.

This first-ever look inside the Palestinian police academy brings us the story about a young woman navigating formidable obstacles, learning which rules to break and follow, and disproving the negative predictions from her surroundings and the world at large.

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.