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Take One Action Film Festivals inspires and connects young people through world-class cinema, creativity and action – to shape a better world, starting from Scotland.We believe small actions lead to big ones, and that we all make a difference.

“I really loved the screening, it gave me lots of ideas about what we can do tomake a difference in our school." Stacey, 11

Edinburgh Filmhouse www.filmhousecinema.com, 0131 228 2688Glasgow Film Theatre www.glasgowfilm.org, 0141 332 6535

CCA Glasgow Book via www.takeoneaction.org.uk/events

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ACCESSIBILITY

We’ve made all screenings affordable, and in some cases free. All screenings will beaccompanied by activities, resources and advice designed to support and encourageongoing learning and projects. Exact screening times will be on our website in August.

There are weekday events for primary and secondary schools in both Edinburgh andGlasgow. But we also want to strongly encourage committed teachers and youthworkers to bring older students and young people to carefully selected evening andweekend public screenings, to connect with Scotland’s wider global citizenship community.

TICKETS & BOOKING

Schools events (Shorts for Primaries plus Landfill Harmonic, selected screenings):FREE – maximum 35 places per school. Advance booking essential via venues (see below)

Standard price (under 21s, proof required): £4.50. For Filmhouse & GFT - book viavenue (details below). All other venues - book via takeoneaction.org.uk/events

Community ticket fund: our audiences sponsor this special fund to give away alimited number of free tickets – first-come, first-served – to registered organisationswho will distribute them exclusively to 16-25 year olds not in full-time work or education.Apply now at takeoneaction.org.uk/give-take

“...breaks down the barriers of race and

geography that separate us from people

whose daily lives aren’t always very

distant from our own” The Sunday Herald

Short Films For Primary SchoolsFREE - Advance registration required - see opposite.

Edinburgh Filmhouse Thurs 17 Sept, 10amGlasgow Film Theatre, Mon 21 Sept, 10am

Our fun and ever-popular short film screenings encompassthe best new short films from around the world whichspotlight young voices on issues of power, conflict, genderequality, food, education and the environment. A uniquemix of animation and short documentary, for ages 8+.

Beyond the Screen: democracy in actionAll events incorporate the opportunity for audiences to respond and

share ideas for local action. The program is supported by members ofour new Take One Action Inverness Film Club. Want to get involved

or start your own in the Highlands? Email info@takeoneaction.org.uk to

16-25 years

What’s on

Landfill Harmonic (2015)

Schools screenings FREE. See opposite.

Edinburgh FilmhouseTues 22 Sept, 10am (schools screening)Sat 26 Sept, 6pm approx (public screening)

Glasgow Film TheatreTues 22 Sept, 10am (schools screening)Weds 23 Sept, 6pm approx (public screening)

Over 60% of Paraguayans live in poverty, and in the slumsof Cateura, young people have fewer chances than most.Enter Favio Chavez, a musician and teacher who seesboundless opportunity where others see garbage. Workinghand-in-hand with local children and parents, his “recycledorchestra”, whose instruments are literally made fromtrash, is soon catapulted into the global spotlight. Butwhen a natural disaster strikes their country, Favio mustfind a way to keep the orchestra intact and maintain asource of hope for their town.

“a secrettreasure...gleeful”AustinChronicle

View trailers for all films, find out aboutdiscussions, confirm times, apply to thecommunity fund, and share programmedetails at takeoneaction.org.uk/events

Stories of our Lives (2014)

Plus campaign short film awards

Edinburgh FilmhouseSat 19 Sept, 6pm approx

CCA GlasgowSun 20 Sept, 6pm approx

Despite being banned in its native Kenya, this vitalmontage of poetic black-and-white films by art collectiveThe NEST offers a deeply humane look at the challengesfacing young LGBT men and women in many parts of Africa.

Addressing topics such as the search for identity and self-determination, enforced heterosexualisation and thestruggle for acceptance, their subjects have one thing incommon: they all describe the need for love, and their fearof fulfilling this love openly. Time and again, their fearsprompt the question: it is better to hide away, resign one-self to the situation and leave the country, or stay and fight.

Beyond the Screen: democracy in actionAll events incorporate the opportunity for audiences to respond and

share ideas for local action. The program is supported by members of

our new Take One Action Inverness Film Club. Want to get involvedor start your own in the Highlands? Email info@takeoneaction.org.uk to

16-25 years

“...crucial stuff” Time Out

“a must-see for teens”

Common Sense Media

16-25 years

“A fresh, warm lookat young gay rightsin Africa” HollywoodReporter

Ivory Tower (2014)

FREE - Online registration required

University of GlasgowTues 22 Sept, 6pm (tbc)

University of EdinburghThur 24 Sept, 6pm

Is a university degree a luxury or a sideshow in austerityBritain? Or does post-secondary education have universalsocial value, which all tax payers should consequently payfor? If so, can Scotland lead the UK in proving it?

In 2015 voters roundly rejected the Liberal Democrats inresponse to a broken promise not to increase tuition fees.Scottish undergrads still attend for free. Focussed on theUS, but with universal significance, Ivory Tower is an urgentportrait of higher education at a crossroads. Capturingprotest, alternative models and the economic big picture, itwill fire the minds of everyone who pays tax, wants tostudy, or has lost or gained from today’s university-society.

16-25 years

“A heartfelt portraitof courage”The Guardian

Tigers (2014)

Glasgow Film TheatreSun 20 Sept, 8pm approx

Edinburgh FilmhouseSat 19 Sept, 8pm approx

In 2001, Scottish activists created the Tap Water Awards inresponse Perrier Award sponsor Nestle’s aggressivemarketing of baby milk powder in overseas territorieslacking clean water. Now, in this moving thriller fromAcademy Award-winning director Danis Tanovic, we gobehind the scenes in Pakistan to the origins of the story.

Ayan is a young, recently married salesman recruited towork for Lasta, a multinational pharmaceutical company.It's not long before his knack for glad-handing make himinto a minor star in the company. However, one day he isdevastated to see first-hand what the selling of babyformula really means in certain cases. Shocked, Ayan setsout to challenge the system and the powers that be.

16-25 years

“Inspirational”Variety

We Are The Giant (2014)

Edinburgh FilmhouseFri 18 Sept, 8pm approx

CCA GlasgowSat 19 Sept, 7.30pm approx

The most powerful, shocking and ultimately inspiring film tocome out of the Arab Spring. Sundance veteran GregBarker’s We Are The Giant takes its audience inside the livesof six extraordinary people from Libya to Bahrain whograpple with the agonizing and universal dilemmas at theheart of all struggles for justice and freedom: whether totake up arms and fight, or to advocate change throughpeace and non-violence.

Plus discussion with protagonist and Amnesty-award-winning campaigner Maryam Al Khawaja.

16-25 years

“Vibrant andeye-opening”The HollywoodReporter

16-25 years

“Terrific”Indiewire

Bikes vs Cars (2015)

Royal Botanic Gardens EdinburghTues 22 Sept, 7.30pm

The bicycle, an amazing tool forchange. Activists and cities all overthe world are moving towards a newsystem. But will dominant economicinterests allow it?

From bike activists in Sao Paulo andLos Angeles fighting for safe bikelanes, to Copenhagen, where fortypercent commute by bike daily, Bikesvs Cars looks at both the struggle forcyclists in a society dominated bycars, and the revolutionary changesthat could take place if more citiesmoved away from car-centric models.

Bike-poweredscreeningunder the stars(participationoptional!)

Shield and Spear (2014)

Edinburgh FilmhouseThurs 17 Sept, 8pm approx

Glasgow Film TheatreSat 26 Sept, 8pm approx

In this beautiful, spirited and challenging art-doc, PetterRingbom snaps the interventions of a new generation ofblack and white South African activist-artists tackling issuesof social justice through music, photography and dialogue.

Artist Brett Murray’s painted caricature of president JacobZuma results in a lawsuit and death threats. ZaneleMuholi’s photographs expose hate crimes in the LGBTcommunity. The Smarteez design collective championsfreedom of expression. And musician Xander Ferreirachallenges racism through boundary-crossing lyrics andperformance. With hope for a new revolution in SouthAfrica looming large, this is a moving example to anyonelooking to reshape politics and change their societies.

16-25 years

16-25 years

“should be seenby everyone wholifts fork to mouththree times a day.”Film Journal

Black Ice (2014)

Plus environmental short films

Edinburgh FilmhouseSat 19 Sept, 4pm approx

When a Greenpeace ship set sail to protest the first oildrilling in the Arctic Ocean in defense against dangerousglobal climate change, no one on board could haveknown what was coming. Seized at gunpoint and detainedas pirates, the fate of the 'Arctic 30' sparked a bitterinternational dispute.

This powerful mid-length doc captures up close from starto finish the extraordinary events which made globalheadlines in 2013.

Environmental short filmsThe Black Ice screening will open with 30 minutes of thebest new international short films about humanity andthe environment.

Food Chains (2014)

Glasgow Film TheatreSat 19 Sept, 6pm approx

Edinburgh FilmhouseTues 22 Sept, 6pm approx

In a story whose after-taste isglobal, producers Eric Schlosser(Fast Food Nation) and Eva Longoria (actress and CesarChavez Legacy Award winner) chart the inspirational fightby migrant US farm-workers to bring supermarket giants tothe table over fair wages.

Supermarkets have tremendous power over theagricultural system, reaping $4 trillion globally every year.Yet countless farmworkers in the EU and US continue tolive in poverty and are forced to work in subhumanconditions. Focusing on an intrepid group of tomatopickers, this is a powerful story of justice trumping greed.

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16-25 yearsLife Is Sacred (2014)

Edinburgh FilmhouseSun 20 Sept, 6pm approx

CCA GlasgowMon 21 Sept, 7.30pm approx

Violence is part of everydaylife in Colombia, where themilitary, guerrillas and drug cartels have been fighting fordecades. But the unorthodox presidential candidateAntanas Mockus and his enthusiastic young supportersattempt to reverse the vicious cycle with an imaginativeand positive election campaign.

But can good ideas and an idealistic drive alone change apolitical culture where violence is rampant? This is theportrait of an inspiring man and a powerful youthmovement, whose stories are relevant far beyondColombia's borders.

“An intriguing, quietlyinspirational story ofone man’s struggleagainst politics” TheHollywood Reporter

Take One Action Locals are community-run film festivals andseasons of all shapes and sizes, for a variety of age groups, whichdraw on Take One Action’s film catalogue and support to inspirecreative, impactful action for a fairer and more sustainable world.Interested in starting a Local in your community? Visittakeoneaction.org.uk/about-take-one-action-locals/ for more info.

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