Take One Action

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Bringing communities together to harness the transformative potential of film and storytelling for collective change, in Scotland and beyond. Our 2025 film festivals across Scotland are now live for booking! takeoneaction.org.uk/events/

A still from Knit's Island showing five video game characters in survival outfits standing in a line, facing the camera and interacting with each other. Bottom left is an image from the walls of Hot Chocolate Trust showing colourful drawings on a graphic colourful background. Text reads: Film screening & community-creation with the young people of Hot Chocolate Trust & food provided by Beirut. Sunday 9 November, 3-6pm, Hot Chocolate Trust, The Steeple Church.
A photo of a black and white keffiyeh hanging in front of a group of people gathered around tables. Colourful boxes of text read: “Great festival and amazing set of participator organisations.” TOAFF25 Inverness audience member; "You've given me back some hope" TOAFF25 Edinburgh audience member.
A photo of a row of people sitting in a darkened cinema, thoughtfully. A green box with text in it reads: I'm speechless! These films gave me so much to reflect on. I came to learn and I've left completely absorbed, inspired, and ready to take positive action/initiatives for our shared future. Thank you for this opportunity. TOAFF25 Inverness audience member.
A photo of a darkened cinema with people watching someone fly the Palestine flag on screen. Text reads: “Really inspired to get back into direct action after feeling jaded and depressed about not being able to make a difference.” TOAFF25 Edinburgh audience member
Another still from NINXS: a closeup of a girl putting glittery eyeshadow on. Text around the image reads: poetry and conversation with Leyla Hussain. Leyla Hussain is a Dundonian Scottish-Pakistani and Saudi trans woman specialising in illustration and literature. Spanning video, printmaking, and performance, her work explores trauma, religion, and repression while creating pieces with an air of fantasy.
Another still from NINXS, with the director and protagonist Karla lying down and smiling at the camera. Text below the image reads: In this joyous documentary co-authored by its subject, fifteen-year-old Karla tells her coming-of-age story as a young trans girl in Tepoztlán, Mexico.
A still from NINXS, with two kids lying on a bed chatting and smiling; one sits in front of a mirror. Text around the image reads: NINXS + poetry and conversation with Leyla Hussain. Sat 8 Nov, 6PM, Steps Theatre.
The Living Rent logo. Text below it reads: "Join Living Rent Dundee for a post-screening workshop exploring the politics of home. In an increasingly splintered society, drawing on connections with neighbours can be a radical practice: this workshop will explore practical steps to create connections with your neighbours, organise as tenants, and have open conversations around what community means."
An archive image of a rent protest. Text below the image reads: "A 1984 documentary made by the Sheffield Film Cooperative, ‘Red Skirts on Clydeside’ attempts to uncover the buried stories of women’s activism during the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915. Going between the living room, the archive, and the streets, this film traces the radical currents that have always run through Glasgow and politicised the home."
A still from Red Skirts on Clydeside showing three older women sitting in a living room, talking to the camera. Text around the image reads: Red Skirts on Clydeside (1984) + workshop with Living Rent Dundee. Sat 8 Nov, 3PM, Steps Theatre.
A still from Knit's Island, showing a video game character in a cowboy hat standing in front of a glittering sea. Text around the image reads: "plus post-screening workshop with Hot Chocolate. The young people from Hot Chocolate Trust will lead a participatory workshop exploring how to create community amidst chaos, in the hopes that participants will leave feeling able to nurture their own relationships with peers and generate new ones."
A still from Knit's Island, showing eight video game figures with their backs to us on a dark grassy mound. Text below the image reads: "Three curious film-makers step virtually into post-apocalyptic survivalist game DayZ, and learn from other players how cooperative gameplay can create a sense of community."
A still from Knit's Island, showing three video game characters in profile looking to the left. Event details read: Sun 9 Nov, 3PM, Hot Chocolate.
A poster with bronze and purple graphics, saying Take One Action Film Festivals 2025, Real Utopias, Edinburgh 17-21 September, Glasgow 25-28 September, Inverness 10-12 October, Dundee 7-8 November
A group of four smiling and laughing people standing in front of a Take One Action Real Utopias poster
A close-up photo of beans and carrots with overlaid topographical branding of Take One Action: Real Utopias. Above text reads: “Beans on Screen”. Below text reads: “Thursday 25 September, 2pm-5pm, Platform @ The Bridge, Easterhouse”. Along the bottom are four logos for: Platform, FARE, Royal Society of Edinburgh and Take One Action: Real utopias.
Trailer showcasing scenes from all of the films that will be screened in the festival.
Poster for the Take One Action areal Utopias poster, in purple and bronze. Topographic lines of a map intersect with bronze stills from this year’s films. It includes dates and info about funders.
Daisy speaks directly to camera on this vertical frame. She wears a floral shirt.
Palestinian carnations are hanging in the middle of the frame.
Attendees taking part in a group discussion around the table.
People sitting around a table and watching the short films on screen.
People sitting around a table and watching the short films on screen.
Text reads: Have you been looking for utopias? We have big news coming soon... Subscribe to our newsletter through the link in bio to stay in the loop! Next to it there is a drawing of an eye and on the top right corner a wordless Take One Action Logo.
A highly-textured photograph of several types of seaweed consisting of greens, pinks, yellows and oranges. The seaweed ranges in texture. Some are bowl-shaped in which there are small amounts of water, some are long and flowing, and some have a sponge-like texture. Text above the image reads: Green Tease: Connected at the Root. Text below the image reads Seaweed (2022) dir. Julia Parks
A photo of people sitting in a room basked in a warm orange glow, with cotton clouds hanging from the ceiling. There are zines on a table to the side.
A still from a film called Power Grid, showing a hand-drawn figure in front of a snowy landscape. Text reads: On The Edge: a short film programme exploring climate change at thenorthernmost parts of the planet
Four people stand in a row with their arms round each other and smile into the camera. Santa hats have been photoshopped on their heads. Overlayed text reads: Thanks for helping us raise 10k for Christmas! We’re grateful for every penny! See you in the new year!
A grid of 9 squares. The top left square contains a logo which reads: 12 days of take one action! The other eight squares each contain a photo of a different person. Text along the bottom reads: Favourite memories and hopes for the future with our trustees a-leaping!
A pink and orange ombre background with an image, text and the logo of Scottish Queer International Film Festival. One image shows a group of around 20 people gathered around collage materials and a large board. Another image shows a film still featuring a yellow-painted body adorned with leaves. Overlayed text reads: Uyra: The Rising Forest + mural making with SQIFF, TOAFF23
A red, yellow and orange ombre background overlayed with grey text that reads: 12 days of take one action more-than-just-film festival! The word "take" has a santa hat resting on the letter "e". Below this red text reads: workshops; performances; discussions; dinners.
A white background with irregular blobs of pink, purple and green ombre. Around the blobs writing reads: Access is not an add-on! We work to remove barriers to access and engagement across all our activities. It’s built into our strategy.
A still from 2073 showing a hazy orange sky over a bridge with low flying helicopters in the distance. Large text over the image reads: “dystopia/“
A vintage “Coca-Cola at the movies” ad that has been photoshopped to say BOYCOTT and “solidarity at the cinema”.
A graphic with photos of Brittany Ferrell, a civil rights activist, and Naila Ayesh, a key figure in the First Intifada, during Q&As and holding mics in their hands. Text over the image reads: spotlighting global changemakers. A logo in the corner for 12 days of Take One Action.
A screenshot showing that Take One Action is at 30% of their crowdfunding goal with 89 supporters.
A colourful slide with fairy lights. Text reads: two turtle doves … (our patrons!) with photos of Ken Loach and Paul Laverty. A logo in the corner for “12 Days of Take One Action”.
A graphic that reads, “Where it all began …” with a logo wearing a Santa hat that says “12 days of Take One Action!”A photo of 6 panellists on stage in front of cinema audiences. The screen has Take One Action’s poster projected on it. White text over the image reads: “The UK’s first major film festival celebrating the people and movies that are changing the world” The List.
A still from 2073, a closeup of Samantha Morton’s face half shrouded in darkness. White text reads: 2073 + filmmaker Q&A with Asif Kapadia. 13 Dec 8:10pm, Glasgow Film Theatre.
A faded photograph of olive trees is overlaid with red text on a pink background. Text reads: Today, Take One Action is joining the National Culture Walkout in solidarity with Palestinian workers. At the bottom, a long red arrow points to the right edge of the slide.
Cartoon figures in pastel shades with speech bubbles saying 'What a brilliant initiative', 'VIA LA UTOPIA' and 'Take One Action is a beacon of hope. Support them if you can.'
A colourful graphic with a photo of Aidan Nicol, who has dark hair and is wearing a yellow jumper. She is smiling.
Image in violet says Radical Reels in distorted/melting letters, then a low tech, low fi filmmaking installation at the Radical Book Fair, Sun 24 Nov, 1.30-5.30pm, Roxy Snug
A composite, colourful image features scenes of many different people enjoying films, workshops and discussions.