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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/
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
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We're overjoyed that our festival has been such a source of hope, inspiration, and connection for you! 🥹
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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/
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
💓 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.
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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/
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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."
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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/
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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. 🎮
October 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
See you there - come and say hi!

It's going to be a beautiful weekend, exploring possible futures together and cultivating active hope in a world that can often feel bleak.

🌳⚡❤️✨🌺🌊🐚🌄
October 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Do come and join us - tickets are pay-what-you-can and we have a travel and childcare fund to help people attend. All films have descriptive subtitles and Power Station and NINXS discussions will have live captioning. ❤️

More on access here www.takeoneaction.org.uk/festivals/ac...
Access - Take One Action!
Information about access provision at Take One Action Film Festials - from subtitles for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences to sliding scale ticket prices %
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October 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Then we are finishing up with the gorgeous trans coming-of-age film NINXS, set in rural Mexico, followed by a short reflective writing workshop with readings from Eden Court's Queer Youth Arts Collective ✨ www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/ninxs-...
NIÑXS (Inverness) - Take One Action!
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.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We've paired up with Living Rent Highlands for a screening of archive rent strike film Red Skirts on Clydeside www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-sk...

Living Rent will be running a post-screening workshop exploring the politics of home and looking at how the domestic intersects with the political.
Red Skirts on Clydeside (Inverness) - Take One Action!
A documentary about the hidden stories of women’s activism in the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915, presented by Living Rent.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Back in the cinema🍿- we've collaborated with the awesome Eden Court Youth Cinema Board who have programmed a screening with Japanese thriller Happyend, paired with Scottish short A Different Home - and we'll be hearing from filmmaker Jules Lacave-Fontourcy!

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/happye...
Happyend (Inverness) - Take One Action!
Eden Court Cinema Youth Board presents Neo Sora's striking feature explores a group of teenagers rebelling against societal expectations, set in a dystopian near-future Tokyo.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If you fancy something more practical, come along to find out more about how to grow film communities and film clubs in the Highlands and Islands 🎞️🌳

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/seeds-...
Seeds of Cinema: Growing Film Communities in the Highlands and Islands - Take One Action!
A hands-on gathering blending practical knowledge-sharing with creative activities to (re)inspire you to host your own impactful film screenings.
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October 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Also on Friday evening we will be screening Kenyan documentary How To Build A Library, as well as speculative futures short Space to Breathe. www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/how-to... We will also be hearing from Scoraig-based artist Fadzai Mwakutuya
How to Build a Library (Inverness) - Take One Action!
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.
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October 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Our opening film is brilliant and galvanising Power Station www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/power-... Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time.

We will also have a post-screening discussion with Highland People's Power.⚡💚
Power Station (Inverness) - Take One Action!
Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time.
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October 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
You can explore the programme and book at takeoneaction.org.uk

We will mainly be at the lovely Eden Court, though we will have the exciting From Junk To Joy zine workshop at the Highland Zine Bothy on Sunday www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/from-j...
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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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October 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM