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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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🌻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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If this all sounds like more of what you need, there's still time to catch Real Utopias for our final festival weekend this year in Dundee: don't miss out!

Tickets and full programme 🎟️: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/events/?regi...

📸 Kat Gollock & Ingrid Mur
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.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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We're overjoyed that our festival has been such a source of hope, inspiration, and connection for you! 🥹
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 the Take One Action trailer playing on screen. Colourful boxes of text read: “It inspired me to not give up in my activist activities and stay strong envisioning my utopia :)” and "I laughed, I cried, I wanted action" TOAFF25 Edinburgh audience members.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 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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Grasping with both hands the joy, tenderness and tenacity that jumps through the screen, stay on after the screening for poetry readings and reflections from artist Leyla Hussain to celebrate trans life lived to its fullest!

🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/ninxs-dundee/
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.
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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💓 All tickets pay-what-you-can (£0-20)
💓 The film will be presented with descriptive subtitles and the introduction and conversation will have live captions.
💓 Audience access fund available to support travel and childcare for folk who need it.
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.
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 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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It's been a joy partnering with Living Rent in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Inverness, where they've run rousing workshops bringing tenant organising right to our doorsteps.

Join us for the final Living Rent screening + event in Dundee!

🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-skirts-on-clydeside-dundee/
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."
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Don't miss your last chance to catch 'Red Skirts' with us and Living Rent in Dundee! Here's what audiences had to say so far:

"I am so grateful for the rich radical history that has been bestowed upon us."

"Learn from history. Throw enemies in the midden."
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."
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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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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Join some of the young people from Hot Chocolate Trust for a workshop exploring how we build community in increasingly polarised, pressurised, and chaotic times!

🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/knits-island-dundee/
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."
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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In 'Knit's Island', 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 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."
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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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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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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See you there - let's build Real Utopias together!
A group of four smiling and laughing people standing in front of a Take One Action Real Utopias poster
September 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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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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🫘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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“The great waiting utopia is the old slogan of solidarity, that’s our greatest weapon.”

Great to hear from our patrons, two legends of cinema, Ken Loach and Paul Laverty.

👉This year’s Take One Action is on the theme of Real Utopias! Screenings in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness & Dundee.
August 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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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 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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👋 We’re BACK!

Real Utopias will be coming to screens and community spaces near you this autumn:

〰️ #Edinburgh (17-21 Sep)
〰️ #Glasgow (25-28 Sep)
〰️ #Inverness (28-30 Oct)
〰️ #Dundee (7-8 Nov)

We’re excited to share our gorgeous poster for this year’s festivals, designed by Maddie Lennon!
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.
July 31, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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We’ve been asking our team to share their four favourite films ahead of this year’s festival (an idea shamelessly stolen from Letterboxd!).

Here’s the legendary Daisy Crooke sharing her picks 🫛🎥

👉Which four movies would you pick?
July 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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It was an absolute pleasure to work with Culture For Climate Scotland to put Green Tease together in Aberdeen!

With grassroots campaigners, artists and cultural practitioners, we gathered at The Anatomy Rooms for a film screening and conversation to explore climate justice.
Palestinian carnations are hanging in the middle of the frame.
July 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM