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...

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

⛓️‍💥 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...

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. ⬇️

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

⭐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

"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

🫘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 🎟️

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...

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...

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!

📚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! www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/how-to-...

✊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!

“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.

Take One Action perform thought proving activism through film, and often on a shoestring. We're proud to support them online. Get involved. #WordPress #Charity #Edinburgh #WebsiteDesign #WebsiteDevelopment #CiviCRM #OpenSource

🪐Real Utopias in... EDINBURGH! 🪐 Our Edinburgh leg of the festival is happening on September 17-21, with a number of screenings at the Filmhouse Edinburgh. To make our events more accessible, we operate a sliding scale ticket policy. 🔗Book your tickets before they sell out!

Take One Action programme coming soon to Edinburgh! Tickets from £0; travel, childcare and access fund also available.

This looks great, coming to Dundee Sat 8 Nov, 3:00pm - 5:30pm at Steps Theatre More details & to book: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-sk...

Brilliant film!

✊FILM SPOTLIGHT: Red Skirts on Clydeside (1984) ✊ 📽️A documentary about the hidden stories of women’s activism in the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915. 👉Screening in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Dundee! Presented in partnership with Living Rent. www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/red-ski...

Take One Action (@takeoneaction.bsky.social) returns with a programme titled Real Utopias. Expect stories of solidarity and hope from across the world, including films from Mexico to Kenya via the US, UK and Philippines www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/uk... [Article: @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social]

👁️FILM SPOTLIGHT: NIÑXS 👁️ In the rural small town of Tepoztlán, Mexico, fifteen-year-old Karla gets to tell her own coming-of-age story as she navigates the joys and complexities of trans adolescence. Book your tickets: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/ninxs/

🎥Film Spotlight: POWER STATION (2025) Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time. We'll be showing POWER STATION in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Dundee! 👉 TICKETS: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/film/power-s...

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Really excited to announce the launch of our 2025 film festival programmes - hope to see many of you at one of our events! #RealUtopias2025

💫 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

👋 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!

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?

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.

We’re on Letterboxd! Give us a follow to find out what we’ve been watching… boxd.it/2SAqr

🌱Our first Beans on Screen event was a delicious success! On the hottest day of the year, we were so lucky to be in the coldest room in Platform Glasgowfor our film screening and Living Table with artist Désirée Coral.

👀Looking for utopias?👀 We’ve got some big news to share in the coming weeks… if you want to be the first to know, subscribe to the newsletter on our website! takeoneaction.org.uk

GREEN TEASE: CONNECTED AT THE ROOT Tuesday 8th July, 6pm-8.30pm @ Anatomy Rooms, Aberdeen. We’ll be exploring climate justice & international solidarity, and reflecting on entanglements between people and land, with short films, presentations, food and a workshop 🌱 Free tickets here: bit.ly/4lxi0yN

CONNECTED AT THE ROOT ✊🌱 Join @takeoneaction.bsky.social for a screening and conversation to hear about two local climate struggle - the fight against new gas at Peterhead & to save St Fitticks Park in Torry 📆 Tue 8 Jul, 6:00pm 📍 The Anatomy Rooms, Aberdeen! www.tickettailor.com/events/cultu...

Challenging the Billionaire Takeover: Building the international movement for people and planet 📆 Sat 5 July, 11am - 3.15pm 📍Augustine United Church, EH1 1EL Book here: bit.ly/4e2ES6O 📢With Global Justice Now Director, Nick Dearden & trade campaigner Seema Syeda 🙋🏽‍♂Talks, workshops & a free lunch🥖🥒🍰

CONNECTED AT THE ROOT ✊🌱 Aberdeen: join us for a screening and conversation to explore climate justice and international solidarity, and to reflect on entanglements between people and land. 🌷 Read more and register here: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/green-...

Edinburgh: don’t miss this opportunity to hear from the founder of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative! 👇

We had the dreamiest time launching our first print issue of ECHO, an editorial platform for Scotland-based writers exploring the intersection of film criticism & social justice! 🌀 Now available in our shop: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/shop/zine-ec... And IRL at @lighthousebks.bsky.social 🤩

Still a few tickets left for Saturday's On The Edge screening - a series of animated shorts focussed on the global far North and climate change that we've partnered up with @manipulatearts.bsky.social for! Some brilliant films programmed for this, and a panel discussion afterwards, come along.

One of the best cinemas in England, The Prince Charles, is unfortunately being threatened with eviction by their scumbag landlords who want to redevelop the site. If you love independent cinemas, time to mobilise!!! princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/

Our next DOC screening at The Cameo⬇️ AS THE TIDE COMES IN by Juan Palacios, in partnership with @takeoneaction.bsky.social 🙌 The inhabitants of a tiny island in the Danish Wadden Sea are increasingly threatened by climate change... 26 Feb, 7.30 pm + director Q&A TICKETS: bit.ly/4hzPOt8

We hope you’re staying safe indoors during Storm Eowyn! On the topic of extreme weather, why not plan to watch these animated shorts exploring climate, natural landscapes under threat, community histories and futures? 🧊 Co-curated w/ Manipulate on 15 Feb: www.manipulatearts.co.uk/events/inter...

🎄Our little team are off for the holidays, but we’re looking forward to coming back next year to get working on Real Utopias! bit.ly/TOA-RealUtopias Match-funding on our crowdfunder continues until 27th of December. Thanks for all your help towards making Real Utopias a reality. Have a good one! 🎁

🎄For day 12 of #12DaysOfTakeOneAction we're flashing back through some of our goofiest staff videos, with an injection of sincerity from the amazing Paul Laverty. Can you spare a modest amount to help us reach 10k by Christmas and spread hope far and wide across Scotland? bit.ly/TOA-RealUtop...

Day 11 of #12DaysOfTakeOneAction 🎄 All we want for Christmas is Real Utopias! 🎁 Want to help us make our Christmas dreams come true and reach 10k by Christmas? Donate here ➡️ bit.ly/TOA-RealUtopias

Day 10 of #12DaysOfTakeOneAction 10(ish) Trustees a-leaping! See what some of our Trustees have to say about their favourite memories of and future hopes for Take One Action. Donations to our crowdfunder will help us make these dreams come true🎄Help us reach £10k for Xmas? bit.ly/TOA-RealUtop...

Day 9 of #12DaysOfTakeOneAction Just 3 days left for our crowdfunder donations to be match-funded by Creative Scotland! 😱 🫂 Today we want to highlight some of the wonderful orgs we've had the pleasure of working with! Your donation will help us continue to create connections bit.ly/TOA-RealUtop...

The excellent @takeoneaction.bsky.social film festival are crowdfunding for their 2025 programming, aiming to take their mix of socially conscious films and great discussion around 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. A Christmas donation could really help them, but you don’t have to take my word for it, listen to Paul ⬇️⬇️

Please if you can, consider supporting this excellent crowdfunder from @takeoneaction.bsky.social www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/take-one-a...

Day 8 of #12DaysOfTakeOneAction - more-than-just-film-festivals! Beyond the Screen, we host various activities to deepen audience engagement with films and the issues they present. Donating to our crowdfunder will help us continue - can you help us reach 10k before Christmas? bit.ly/TOA-RealUtop...