ACTionism is a film about the art of finding your people to take collective action, about shifting from being passive consumers to active citizens, and about doing things with others, not to others.

The story follows Ellie Meredith, a 19-year-old who, like many young people, feels the weight of climate anxiety.

“I was never rooted deeply in activism. I tried, I really did, but somewhere along the way, I fell out of love with it. The noise, the urgency, the constant push to do more never felt like home. I was tangled in a loop of not-enoughness - never loud enough, brave enough, right enough. Eventually, it hollowed me out. So I stepped back. And for a while, I drifted - unsure what to do, or where I belonged.

Through her connection with Re-Action founders Gavin Fernie-Jones and Heather Davies, Ellie finds a global community grounded in care, repair, and shared responsibility. What begins as a personal search for meaning becomes a collective story of possibility. Together, they explore how small acts, fixing gear, building hubs, and starting conversations, grow into wider systems of change.

Filmed by TwoStep Productions and featuring members of the Re-Action Collective and collaborators across the UK and Europe, ACTionism documents how small, local projects such as repair workshops and community hubs connect into a living network of people who are no longer waiting for permission to act. The film was released in January 2024.

It is supported by an open-access handbook designed to help people host a screening in their own community to kick-start conversations and move from awareness to practice.