UNAFF 2012: Schedule

THURSDAY October 18

I sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

5:30 PM Opening Night, Sponsored by FACT and THE 3RD DOOR
Music by international recording artist, James Henry
6:45 PM Opening words by Mayor of Palo Alto Yiaway Yeh
7:00 PM MEXICAN CUISINE (Mexico/Spain/USA) 5'
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies
7:15 PM THE WELL: WATER VOICES FROM ETHIOPIA (Ethiopia/Italy) 56'
co-presented with Center for African Studies and Italian Cultural Institute
8:30 PM THE RED BUTTON (Russia/USA) 52'
co-presented with Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies

FRIDAY October 19

II sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

4:00 PM LOVE FREE OR DIE (USA) 83'
co-presented with QuEST

III sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

6:00 PM THIRTY YEARS OF WAR IN THE NAME OF GOD
(Afghanistan/France/Iran/Iraq/Israel/Palestine/USA) 104'
co-presented with Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

IV sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

8:15 PM A WILD IDEA (Ecuador/USA) 27'
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies
8:45 PM GREEDY LYING BASTARDS (Nigeria/Peru/Tuvalu/Uganda/USA) 100'
co-presented with New Media Film Festival

SATURDAY October 20

V sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

1:00 PM WEATHERING CHANGE (Ethiopia/Nepal/Peru) 14'
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies, Center for African Studies, 3rd i South Asian Film Festival
1:30 PM BIDDER 70 (USA) 73'
co-presented with New Media Film Festival

VI sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

3:00 PM REUNION (Austria/Kosovo/Serbia/Norway) 72'
co-presented with Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
4:30 PM GOING UP THE STAIRS (Iran/France) 52'
co-presented with Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco and Women Make Movies

VII sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

6:20 PM RAINMAN GOES TO ROCKWIZ (Australia) 30'
7:00 PM SING YOUR SONG (USA) 105'
co-presented with Center for African Studies

VIII sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

9:00 PM WILL THE REAL TERRORIST PLEASE STAND UP? (Cuba/USA) 82'
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies

SUNDAY October 21

IX sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

UNAFF & Kids Program (FREE admission) co-presented with Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto and Live Greene
1:15 PM A DAY IN THE WATER LIFE (Canada/USA) 5'
1:30 PM JOURNEY OF A RED FRIDGE (Nepal/Serbia) 54'
co-presented with Center for Asian American Studies and 3rd i South Asian Film Festival

X sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

4:00 PM IN SHORT SUPPLY: SMALL FARMERS AND THE STRUGGLE TO DELIVER HEALTHY FOOD TO YOUR PLATE (USA) 13'
co-presented with New Media Film Festival
4:20 PM NOTHING LIKE CHOCOLATE (Grenada/Ivory Coast/USA) 67'
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies

XI sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

5:40 PM CALIFORNIA STATE OF MIND: THE LEGACY OF PAT BROWN (USA) 90'
co-presented with Bay Area Women in Film and Media

XII sessioN: PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

7:30 PM OPIUM BRIDES (Afghanistan/UK) 52'
co-presented with 3rd i South Asian Film Festival and Afghan Coalition
8:30 PM WORDS OF WITNESS (Egypt/USA) 68'
co-presented with Center for African Studies

MONDAY October 22

XIII sessioN: Stanford University: Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St.

4:00 PM CATHERINE THE GREAT (Israel) 5'
co-presented with San Francisco International Women's Film Festival
4:10 PM NOT MY LIFE (Ghana/Nepal/Romania/Uganda/USA) 32'
4:45 PM Panel: "Philanthropy- Filmmaking-Social Change" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, and Film Aid

XIV sessioN: Palo Alto: PALO ALTO PATCH, AOL, 395 Page Mill RD.

5:45 PM Reception with the filmmakers
6:45 PM REBELS WITH A CAUSE (USA) 75'
co-presented with Mill Valley Film Festival and Palo Alto International Film Festival
8:15 PM Panel "Visual Pollution" (FREE Admission)
9:15 PM THIS SPACE AVAILABLE (China/India/USA) 86'
co-presented with New Media Film Festival and Palo Alto International Film Festival

TUESDAY October 23

XV sessioN: Palo Alto: Girls' Middle School, 3400 W. Bayshore Rd.

co-presented with Girls’ Middle School and Division of International Comparative & Area Studies

UNAFF In Schools Program (all screenings FREE for students and teachers)
1:00 PM TEN QUINTILLION (Australia) 10'
1:15 PM LITTLE MOM (USA) 17'
co-presented with Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts
1:45 PM BUFFALO GIRLS (Thailand/USA) 64'

XVI sessioN: East Palo Alto: Eastside Theater, 1041 Myrtle St.

co-presented with Eastside College Preparatory School, City of East Palo Alto, and Division of International Comparative & Area Studies

UNAFF In Schools Program (all screenings FREE for students and teachers)
3:00 PM UNRAVEL (India/UK) 14'
co-presented with 3rd i South Asian Film Festival
3:20 PM INOCENTE (USA) 40'
4:10 PM THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY (USA) 57'

XVII sessioN: East Palo Alto: Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, Moldaw-Zaffaroni Clubhouse, 2031 Pulgas Ave.

co-presented with Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula and Division of International Comparative & Area Studies

UNAFF In Schools Program (all screenings FREE for students and teachers)
5:15 PM DAY IN OUR BAY: VOICES AND VIEWS FROM BRISTOL BAY (USA) 16'
5:40 PM SMOKE SONGS (USA) 20'
co-presented with American Indian Film Institute and Department of Native American Studies and Division of International Comparative & Area Studies
6:10 PM COLOR BLIND (USA) 23'

XVIII sessioN: Stanford University: Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Encina Hall, 616 Serra St.

4:00 PM TRANSGENDERS: PAKISTAN'S OPEN SECRET (Pakistan/UK) 54'
co-presented with QuEST
5:00 PM TOKYO WAKA: A CITY POEM (Japan/USA) 63'
6:15 PM Panel "Meet Stanford Filmmakers" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Creativity and Arts and Film & Media Studies Program

XIX sessioN: Palo Alto: Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way

6:00 PM Reception with the filmmakers, Palo Alto, Midpeninsula Community Media Center, 900 San Antonio Road
8:00 PM THE CRIME OF BORIS PASTENAK (France/Italy/Russia/Sweden/USA) 57'
co-presented with Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
9:10 PM IRENA SENDLER: IN THE NAME OF THEIR MOTHERS (Poland/UK/USA) 60'
co-presented with Bay Area Women in Film and Media and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

WEDNESDAY October 24

XX sessioN: Stanford University: Stanford Medical School (Li Ka Shing Center Building), 291 Campus Dr. (Room LK130)

6:00 PM DOCTORS OF THE DARK SIDE (Iraq/USA) 73'
7:15 PM Panel "Do We Still Need Torture?" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Organization for Global Health, Stanford University School of Medicine
8:15 PM BENEATH THE BLINDFOLD (Colombia/Iraq/Liberia/USA) 80'
co-presented with Department of Psychology

XXI sessioN: San Francisco: Variety Theatre, 582 Market St.

co-presented with United Nations Association of San Francisco Chapter

5:00 PM Reception with the filmmakers, celebration of the UN DAY
6:00 PM UNDOCUMENTED DREAMS (USA) 15'
co-presented with New Media Film Festival
6:20 PM IMAGINING EMANUEL (Liberia/Norway) 52'
7:15 PM Panel "Dream Act" (FREE Admission)

XXII sessioN: San Francisco: Variety Theatre, 582 Market St.

8:30 PM CAPTIVE RADIO (Colombia) 23'
9:10 PM HAZARIBAGH, TOXIC LEATHER (Bangladesh/France) 52'
co-presented with 3rd i South Asian Film Festival and Center for East Asian Studies

THURSDAY October 25

XXIII sessioN: Stanford: Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Dr.

3:40 PM BLANK CANVAS (USA) 3'
3:50 PM A DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE (USA) 4'
co-presented with San Francisco International Women's Film Festival
4:00 PM AXIS OF LIGHT (Algeria/France/Iran/Jordan/Lebanon/Tunisia/UK) 60'
co-presented with Arab Film Festival
5:00 PM Panel "Arts Activism" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts

XXIV sessioN: Stanford: Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Dr.

7:00 PM DIFFICULT LOVE (South Africa) 48'
co-presented with Bay Area Women in Film and Media and Silicon Valley African Film Festival
8:10 PM HERMAN'S HOUSE (Canada/USA) 81'

XXV sessioN: San Jose: Cardea Center for Women, 1922 Alameda

co-presented with Cardea Center for Women

7:00 PM THROUGH HER EYES (France/Italy/Jordan/USA) 17'
7:30 PM ESCAPE (Kenya/USA) 20'
8:00 PM EMPRESS HOTEL (USA) 85'
co-presented with New Media Film Festival
9:40 PM WHITE AND BLACK: CRIMES OF COLOR (Canada/Tanzania) 58'

FRIDAY October 26

XXVI sessioN: Stanford: Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building, 435 Lasuen Mall

5:40 PM SACRED STONES (Palestine) 52'
6:40 PM REPORTERO (Mexico/USA) 71'
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies

XXVII sessioN: Stanford: Annenberg Auditorium,Cummings Art Building, 435 Lasuen Mall

8:30 PM KARAMA HAS NO WALLS (Yemen/UK) 26'
9:10 PM WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM (Afghanistan/USA) 90'

SATURDAY October 27

XXVIII sessioN: Stanford: Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Dr.

11:15 AM A FLICKER IN ETERNITY (Japan/USA) 26'
11:45 AM PORTRAIT OF WALLY (Austria/USA) 90'
co-presented with Berlin & Beyond Film Festival and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
1:15 PM Panel "The Value of Missing Art" (FREE Admission)
2:15 PM THE MEXICAN SUITCASE (France/Mexico/Spain/USA) 90'

XXIX sessioN: Stanford: Annenberg Auditorium ,Cummings Art Building, 435 Lasuen Mall

4:00 PM MRS. JUDO: BE STRONG, BE GENTLE, BE BEAUTIFUL (Japan/USA) 66'
co-presented with New Media Film Festival
5:15 PM WE STILL LIVE HERE (USA) 56'
co-presented with American Indian Film Institute and Department of Native American Studies

XXX sessioN: Stanford: Annenberg Auditorium ,Cummings Art Building, 435 Lasuen Mall

7:15 PM SEMPER FI: ALWAYS FAITHFUL (USA) 76'
8:40 PM CALL ME KUCHU (Uganda/USA) 87'
co-presented with QuEST
10:10 PM SCARLET ROAD (Australia) 70'
co-presented with Bay Area Women in Film and Media

SUNDAY October 28

XXXI sessioN: Stanford: Annenberg Auditorium ,Cummings Art Building, 435 Lasuen Mall

1:00 PM DON SEVERO DEL PUENTE (Bolivia/Canada) 6'
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies
1:15 PM THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (USA) 26'
co-presented with Bay Area Women in Film and Media
2:00 PM THE LOVING STORY (USA) 78'

XXXII sessioN: Stanford: Annenberg Auditorium ,Cummings Art Building, 435 Lasuen Mall

3:45 PM STATE OF CONTROL (China/India/Nepal/Tibet/USA) 90'
co-presented with 3rd i South Asian Film Festival
5:30 PM SURVIVING PROGRESS (Canada/USA) 86'

XXXIII sessioN: Stanford: Annenberg Auditorium ,Cummings Art Building, 435 Lasuen Mall

7:00 PM Awards Ceremony
8:30 PM Closing Night Party ● Music by Potential Jazz Ensemble
sponsored by Garden Court Hotel