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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/
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Thanks so much @takeoneaction.bsky.social for the wonderful screening of Red Skirts on Clydeside followed by an invigorating workshop with Living Rent Dundee
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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🌻Community amidst chaos: Programmed by five wonderful young people from Hot Chocolate Trust! Following delicious food and a screening of Knit's Island, the young people will lead us in conversation around the importance of nurturing community in both virtual and physical spaces. 🎟️ > bit.ly/43TkEbK
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 still from Knit's Island showing a video game character in survival gear standing in a church adorned with paintings of saints. Bottom left is an image of the Steeple Church showing an arched, intricately-designed window. Text reads: In the midst of these increasingly polarised and individualistic times, come in out of the storm for a while and join some of the young people from Hot Chocolate Trust to simply share space to talk together, play together, make together, eat together, dream together. Share thoughts on the film, make new friends from an audience of strangers, and explore together how we might create some community amidst the chaos!
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Alyssa from Living Rent Dundee connects the radical spirit of 'Red Skirts on Clydeside' and the Glasgow Rent Strikes to parallel, lesser-known strikes in Dundee too! ✊🏡

Join us at 3pm on Saturday 8 November at Steps Theatre in Dundee 🎟️: takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-skirts-on-clydeside-dundee/
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Here's what you've had to say about our Real Utopias film festivals so far in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness 💬
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 A photo of three people sitting in cinema seats, smiling and talking. Colourful boxes around them read: “I was moved. It inspired me to be more politically active.” TOAFF25 Edinburgh audience member; “Such a motivating, moving festival, vibe and programme.” TOAFF25 Glasgow audience member
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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💌 NIÑXS in Dundee!

Join us at Steps Theatre on 8 November for NIÑXS – a stunningly warm, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age documentary where trans youth get to tell their own stories. 🏳️‍⚧️

🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/ninxs-dundee/
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.
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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🏠 RED SKIRTS ON CLYDESIDE – programmed by Scotland's mighty tenants' union, Living Rent!

👉 Sat 8 November | 3pm at Steps Theatre

🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-skirts-on-clydeside-dundee/
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.
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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🎮 KNIT'S ISLAND
👉 Sun 9 November | 3pm | Hot Chocolate

We're delighted to have a film and post-screening workshop curated by the young people at Hot Chocolate as part of our inaugural Dundee festival! 🤩

🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/knits-island-dundee/
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.
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Today and for the rest of the weekend! There's still time to book tickets, although our zine workshop is now sold out.

Find out more and get tickets takeoneaction.org.uk #Inverness
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Inverness pals! Our Real Utopias festival is starting tomorrow and there's so much going on.

The festival will feature films from Mexico to the UK, Kenya and Japan, exploring ideas from community responses to climate change to the power of libraries, tenants’ rights and trans identity and thriving.
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
October 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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🗞️✂️From Junk to Joy: Zine Workshop (Inverness)📖🧶

WHEN: Sunday Oct 12, 2pm at Highland Zine Bothy!

✊Inspired by How To Build a Library, this sustainable zine-making workshop invites you to dig into the possibilities of scrap, story, and solidarity.
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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We're so excited for our big Real Utopias festival day in #Glasgow tomorrow. If you haven't got your tickets you can browse the programme here: www.takeoneaction.org.uk
Take One Action! Film Festivals | See the change you want to be
Take One Action believes small actions lead to big ones, and that we all make a difference. We connect individuals and groups through film, creativity and action - for a better world, starting from Sc...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Thanks again to @takeoneaction.bsky.social for a great event last night, which ran three short films exploring the hidden labour of our tech infrastructures. Great to speak w/ @foxglovelegal.bsky.social too. Below is a checklist to get more involved in tech labour/justice/de-Googling your life.
Dismantling Tech Fantasies pathways to action check list, which has a list of resources to get involved with tech justice. You may be able to get a copy of the list from Take One Action at https://www.takeoneaction.org.uk
September 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Join us for a session with Dan Edelstyn, co-director of Power Station to explore alternative models of political and independent filmmaking, working with and for communities and side-stepping traditional gatekeepers to craft bold, radical documentaries.

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/crossi...
Crossing the Line with Dan Edelstyn - Take One Action!
Join us for a session with Dan Edelstyn, co-director and co-producer of Power Station to explore alternative models of political and independent filmmaking.
www.takeoneaction.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Excited to moderate this at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Sat as part of our Real Utopias festivals.

Come along if you like weird but brilliant shorts exploring the frontiers of tech, and brilliant-post screening conversations with @karengregory.bsky.social, @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and YOU
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⛓️‍💥 DISMANTLING TECH FANTASIES 🌐

Our programmer shares a highlight from our Edinburgh festivals, a shorts programme about interrogating the false promises of AI.

Screening at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Saturday 20th September, 3PM!

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/disman...
September 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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⛓️‍💥 DISMANTLING TECH FANTASIES 🌐

Our programmer shares a highlight from our Edinburgh festivals, a shorts programme about interrogating the false promises of AI.

Screening at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Saturday 20th September, 3PM!

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/disman...
September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Solidarity is not a slogan; it is a practice.

Every bit of progress we’ve made, from trade union rights to migrant justice, was won not because those in power handed it down, but because ordinary people demanded it. And took action to make it happen. ⬇️
on a blue background, with a yellow bird. Text says "Dignity, justice and welcome for all migrants" Art by Migrants in culture
September 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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In this week's Zap! events guide, @takeoneaction.bsky.social returns, AMPLIFI at @thequeenshall.bsky.social, and a very special screening of Whiplash at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social

www.theskinny.co.uk/things-to-do... #edinburgh #glasgow
Scotland's Best Events This Week (11-18 Sep) - The Skinny
The righteous Take One Action kicks off in Edinburgh this week before heading to Glasgow, Inverness and Dundee. Also look out for Matthew Andrew Williams' new exhibition at Stills in Edinburgh and the...
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September 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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⭐5 DAYS TO GO!⭐

Join us next week for REAL UTOPIAS in Edinburgh!

Starting with Black Butterflies - an animated film draws from the testimonies of three women whose geographically disparate stories are connected by climate change.

👉 Wed 17 September | 7:00pm at Filmhouse Edinburgh
Black Butterflies (Edinburgh) - Take One Action!
Exquisite animations depict the struggles of three families of climate refugees whose respective cultural traditions buoy them in times of crisis.
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September 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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"There's quite a lot of evidence that facts alone don't necessarily change people's minds. You need to get to people's emotions as well"

@takeoneaction.bsky.social, Scotland's film festival for social change is back – we talk to director Rachel Hamada
Better Worlds: Take One Action 2025 preview - The Skinny
Take One Action's director Rachel Hamada introduces this year's festival, which takes place under the banner of Real Utopias.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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🫘Join us at Platform Easterhouse on 25 Sep for the final event of Beans on Screen, a food-filled community research project culminating in a film screening and conversation with local residents and food charity Nourish. Project funded by @royalsoced.bsky.social Get your tickets here bit.ly/3JH5Dmt 🎟️
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. A photo of two crouching children gardening with overlaid topographical branding of Take One Action: Real Utopias. Above text reads: “Together We Grow (2022) dir. Jordan Osmond”. Below text reads: “A local community in New Zealand come together to tackle food insecurity and social isolation”. Along the bottom are four logos for: Platform, FARE, Royal Society of Edinburgh and Take One Action: Real utopias. A photo of six people backgrounded by green vegetation. One person looks into the camera, gleefully holding a carrot. Image overlaid with topographical branding of Take One Action: Real Utopias. Above text reads: “The Bean Team (2025) dir. Saoirse Amira Anis”. Below text reads: “A Take One Action production featuring the local participants of our food-and-joy-filled project, Beans on Screen.” Along the bottom are four logos for: Platform, FARE, Royal Society of Edinburgh and Take One Action: Real utopias.
September 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Our screening of Union on September 20th at the Filmhouse Edinburgh will include an introduction from Chris Smalls - founder of the Amazon Labor Union - especially recorded for Take One Action!

👇Here’s an early sneak peek of it...
August 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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We decided to ask the authors of the Bread and Roses Award 2025 shortlist to recommend books from the last five years of shortlists - and we'll be sharing their thoughts with you on our website in the lead-up to the 2025 winner ceremony on 15th September! lighthousebookshop.com/events/bread...
Lighthouse | Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing : Celebrating the shortlist and announcing the 2025 winner
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August 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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One of our fave festivals is BACK!

Enjoy the post Edinburgh Festivals calm for a beat, and then dive into all the film/activist goodness at TOA Film Fest in Sept!
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💫 IT’S HERE! 💫

Watch the trailer for Take One Action Film Festivals 2025 and dive into our Real Utopias programme!

EDINBURGH | GLASGOW | INVERNESS | DUNDEE

ACCESS:
🎟️ All tickets pay-what-you-can (£0-20)
💬 All films with descriptive subtitles

Get your tickets now: www.takeoneaction.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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📚FILM SPOTLIGHT: How to Build a Library (2025)📚

In Nairobi, Kenya, two women are on a mission to transform and decolonise a dilapidated library into a public space that truly serves its community.

Showing in Edinburgh, Inverness and Dundee!

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How to Build a Library - Take One Action!
Two intrepid Nairobi women decide to transform what used to be a whites-only library until 1958 into a vibrant cultural hub.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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✊FILM SPOTLIGHT: Union (2024)✊

A group of fulfilment centre workers take the fight to Amazon, becoming the first unionised Amazon workplace in the United States.

Showing in Edinburgh on Sat 20th September!
Union (Edinburgh) - Take One Action!
A group of fulfilment centre workers take the fight to Amazon, becoming the first unionised Amazon workplace in the United States.
www.takeoneaction.org.uk
August 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM