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Take One Action
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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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 23h
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
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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.

🌳⚡❤️✨🌺🌊🐚🌄
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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!

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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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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 🎞️🌳

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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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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...
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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 1d
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
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 8d
The film follows two Kenyan women as they transform a forgotten, junk-filled library in Nairobi into a vibrant hub for citizens. In the same creative spirit, we’ll use exclusively repurposed materials to collage zines.

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From Junk to Joy: Zine Workshop (Inverness) - Take One Action!
Inspired by 'How To Build a Library', this sustainable zine-making workshop invites you to dig into the possibilities of scrap, story, and solidarity.
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 8d
🗞️✂️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.
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
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
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
All festival tickets are pay what you can, so don't let money be a barrier to attending! We also have a travel and childcare fund.

We offer access measures such as live captioning and BSL at many events and descriptive subtitles for all films.

More 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 %
www.takeoneaction.org.uk
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
On Sunday at 2pm there will be a double screening co-programmed by Exhale Arts, featuring queer post-disaster road-trip movie Asog, and archival Scottish-Palestinian short The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

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Asog (Glasgow) - Take One Action!
This queer road trip through the Philippines encounters typhoon survivors who teach us about grief, joy, and the power of resistance.
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
After the screening we'll hear from a brilliant panel including Trans Healthcare Access, the Glasgow Electrolysis Project and LGBT Health and Wellbeing.

And that's not all! We have another exciting screening on Sunday, also at GMAC.
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
To finish up Saturday we have a screening of the gorgeous NIÑXS in collaboration with @sqiff.bsky.social

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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NIÑXS (Glasgow) - Take One Action!
Fifteen-year-old Karla’s body and mind are undergoing a revolution. Kani shapes eight years of footage into a joyful film.
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
Next up is double archive film Red Skirts on Clydeside (filmed in 1984, using historical footage), screening in partnership with Living Rent Glasgow, who will run a post-screening workshop looking at how the domestic intersects with the political.

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-sk...
Red Skirts on Clydeside (Glasgow) - Take One Action!
A documentary about the hidden stories of women’s activism in the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915, presented by Living Rent.
www.takeoneaction.org.uk
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
We'll have a post screening discussion on community power, just transition and the role of energy in building real utopias with our director @rachelhamada.bsky.social and @fraserjfstewart.bsky.social
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
Quotes from people who've seen it:

“Wow! Creative action is the way forward."
“I think I’ll actually do this. This feels possible. I want my street to be a power station.”
“Really inspired to get back into direct action after feeling jaded and depressed about not being able to make a difference.”
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
Then it's time to get into the films - first up is the energising and hopeful Power Station.

Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time.

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/power-...
Power Station (Glasgow) - 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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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
More on why we're not holding our Glasgow festival in our usual partner spaces here:

www.takeoneaction.org.uk/2025/09/real...
Real Utopias in Glasgow & Building Arts Spaces for Palestinian Liberation - Take One Action!
Thank you so much for your warm support for our 2025 festivals so far! We’re beyond excited to be bringing Real Utopias to you from September to November, and after […]
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
We're going to be at GMAC from 11am tomorrow - join us for breakfast and collective exploration of how to build arts spaces for Palestinian liberation

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Building Arts Spaces for Palestinian Liberation - Take One Action!
Join us in addressing the failures of our major art spaces in Glasgow to stand with the people of Palestine, and to map out how we create and support new art spaces that truly centre liberation.
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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 14d
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...
www.takeoneaction.org.uk
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