The 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF53)
April 22-May 6
UNAFF is co-presenting four documentaries at the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival which runs from April 22-May 6 with more than 100 unique programs of the finest independent, documentary and international cinema, combining a range of marquee premieres, international competitions, digital media work and star-studded gala events into the best two weeks of the year.
Last Train Home
http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=42
(Dir. Lixin Fan, Canada/China co-production, 2009)
This visually stunning documentary draws viewers into the lives of a family of migrant factory workers on a grueling holiday journey back to their rural village—and the resentful child they left behind—in an intimate portrait of modern China.
The Oath
http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=64
( Dir. Laura Poitras, USA, 2010)
In the second film of her post-9/11 trilogy, Poitras unfolds a complex portrait of two men once close to Osama bin Laden: an Al Qaeda insider driving a cab in Yemen and his brother-in-law, a Guantanamo Bay detainee. Through this personal story slowly unfolds an indictment of the “war on terror.”
Restrepo
http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=76
(Dir. Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger, USA, 2010)
As unnerving as it is illuminating of the dangers, toils and absurdities of war, Restrepo is an intimate portrait of a platoon posted to Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley, one of the U.S. Army’s most dangerous assignments.
Russian Lessons
http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=78
( Dir. Olga Konskaya & Andrei Nekrasov, Russia, 2010)
The 2008 Russia-Georgia war forms the crux of this fascinating, highly personal examination of war, holocaust and memory, an extraordinary dual documentary exchange by Russian directors Olga Konskaya and oft-banned former Tarkovsky assistant Andrei Nekrasov.
For more details and the schedule please visit www.sffs.org
Wednesday, April 21
7:00PM
Assembly Room
RECLAIMING THEIR VOICE
The Native American Vote in New Mexico
documents ways in which Native Americans have been disenfranchised and prevented from exercising the right to vote for centuries. In this film, we meet individuals who are stepping forward to address this injustice by becoming politically active.
Directed by DOROTHY FADIMAN Oscar nominee and Emmy winner
Conversation with the filmmaker and professors Matthew Snipp & Michael Wilcox
Co-presented with the Stanford Native American Culture Center, Bechtel International Center and the United Nations Association Film Festival.
WINTER FILM SERIES AT THE BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER, Stanford University
(Free Admission)
Wednesdays
7:00PM
Assembly Room
This quarter, the Bechtel International presents a series of documentaries on international affairs spanning immigration issues to environment to freedom of speech.
February 3–Lessons In Fear - focus: disputed lands
February 10– Dear Europe - focus: immigration
February 17– The Tsunami Generation - focus : environment
February 24– A Promise to the Dead - The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman - focus: freedom of speech
Co-sponsored by the United National Association Film Festival, the International Undergraduate Community, the European Association, the Indonesian Club at Stanford and the Argentinos en Stanford.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AT THE BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER, Stanford University
(Free Admission)
Tuesday, March 2
4:30PM
Assembly Room
"Speaking in Tongues" (60 minutes) USA - In a time where thirty-one states have passed English Only initiatives, one urban school district is exploring the provocative notion that speaking a foreign language can be a national asset. We follow four diverse students and their families as they encounter the challenges and delights of becoming fluent in two languages.
Following the screening filmmaker Marcia Jarmel will talk about her work with the UNAFF Founder and Executive Director Jasmina Bojic. Special guests: the subjects of the film Ijnanya Foster and her son Durrell Laury (now in 3rd grade).
Light refreshments will be provided.
Wednesday, March 3
4:00PM
Assembly Room
"Woman by Woman: New Hope for the Villages of India"( 27 minutes) India/USA - documents the stories of women in some of the least developed areas of rural India as they progress toward personal freedom. The film presents Janani, a group that trains women to become family planning counselors in their villages. These women become role models by having the confidence to go beyond traditional boundaries.
Following the screening Academy Nominated filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman will talk about her work in the US and abroad with the UNAFF Founder and Executive Director Jasmina Bojic
Light refreshments will be provided.
Co-presented with Bechtel International Center, School of Education, California Foreign Language Project, United Nations Association Midpeninsula Chapter, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the United Nations Association Film Festival.
Driving Directions to the I-Center
Directions from Interstate 101:
take Embarcadero exit (west - toward Stanford),
turn left on Campus Dr
turn right on Mayfield
turn right on Lagunita (first right after curve on Mayfield) which enters Tresidder parking lot.
Directions from Interstate 280:
take Alpine exit (east - toward Palo Alto)
turn right on Junipero Serra
turn left on Campus Dr. West (near golf course)
turn right onto Santa Teresa
turn right onto Lomita Dr.
The I-Center is located at 584 Capistrano Way at the west end of the Tresidder parking lot, bounded by Mayfield, Lomita Dr., and Lagunita streets. There are 3 large houses (Rodgers, Mariposa and Serra) facing the I-Center at the west end of the Tresidder lot.
Parking is limited. After 4 pm the pay lot and the 'A' lot next to Tresidder Union are free and there is parking at the both sides of the I-Center and in the 'C' lot behind the I-Center (next to Lake Lagunita).
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