UNAFF 2021: Schedule

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10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

THURSDAY October 21

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 1

5:30 PM / Opening Night Reception
-- sponsored by Adelante Coffee and Judy’s Breadsticks
-- music by POTENTIAL Jazz Ensemble

6:00 PM / Opening words by Palo Alto Mayor, Tom DuBois

6:30 PM / HUNGER WARD (Yemen, 40 min)
7:20 PM / GHOSTS OF AFGHANISTAN (Afghanistan/US, 59 min)
8:30 PM / BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER (US, 82 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

FRIDAY October 22

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 2

4:00 PM / OUTSWING (Pakistan, 26 min)
4:40 PM / THE RETURN: LIFE AFTER ISIS (Spain/Syria/UK, 90 min)

Session 3

7:00 PM / LION ON THE MAT (US/Vietnam, 16 min)
7:30 PM / SEYRAN ATES: SEX, REVOLUTION AND ISLAM (Germany/Norway/Turkey, 55 min)
8:40 PM / DICKTATORSHIP (Italy, 90 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

SATURDAY October 23

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 4

1:00 PM / FROM THESE HANDS (Lebanon/Syria/UK, 18 min)
1:30 PM / THE LIST (India, 18 min)
2:00 PM / NANMIN (Japan, 20 min)
2:30 PM / AGAINST THE CURRENT (US, 31 min)
3:10 PM / A HOME CALLED NEBRASKA (US, 69 min)
4:30 PM / Panel "Crossing Borders” (FREE Admission)

Session 5

5:30 PM / RESURRECTION! AIRTO MOREIRA & THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
(Brazil/US, 20 min)
6:00 PM / FOR THE LEFT HAND (US, 70 min)

Session 6

7:40 PM / OLEG (Russia/US, 97 min)
9:30 PM / UNITED STATES VS. REALITY WINNER (US, 93 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

SUNDAY October 24

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 7 UNAFF & Kids Program (FREE Admission)

1:00 PM / ZERO GRAVITY (US, 74 min)

Session 8

2:30 PM / A COMMUNITY UNDER FIRE (Australia, 23 min)
3:00 PM / UNBREATHABLE: THE FIGHT FOR HEALTHY AIR (US, 30 min)
3:40 PM / WE HAVE REACHED THE MOMENT (US, 34 min)
4:30 PM / I AM GEN Z (UK/US, 101 min)

Session 9

6:40 PM / THE ROAD TO JUSTICE (US, 30 min)
7:20 PM / NO TIME TO WASTE: THE URGENT MISSION OF BETTY REID SOSKIN (US, 52 min)
8:30 PM / I AM BELMAYA (Nepal/UK, 82 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

MONDAY October 25

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 10

4:15 PM / THE LAST MEAL (Australia, 18 min)
4:40 PM / LIFE AND LIFE (US, 80 min)
6:10 PM / BELLY OF THE BEAST (US, 82 min)

Session 11

7:40 PM / Panel "Reforming Criminal Justice” (FREE Admission)
8:40 PM / IN A WHOLE NEW WAY (US, 31 min)
9:20 PM / THE FIRST STEP (US, 90 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

TUESDAY October 26

Stanford University
Stanford Medical School
Li Ka Shing Center
291 Campus Drive
Room 130 (session 12)
Room 120 (session 13)

Session 12

3:30 PM / GROUNDED (Canada, 7 min)
3:50 PM / FULL PICTURE (US, 12 min)
4:20 PM / THE PIANIST FROM RAMALLAH (Israel/Palestine, 60 min)

Session 13

6:30 PM / THEY KEEP QUIET SO WE MAKE NOISE (Malaysia/US, 12 min)
7:00 PM / FATHER OF THE CYBORGS (Ireland/US, 76 min)
8:30 PM / MEDICINE MAN: THE STAN BROCK STORY (UK/US, 85 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

WEDNESDAY October 27

Session 14

East Palo Alto
Cooley Landing Park and Education Center
2100 Bay Road

3:00 PM / YOUTH V GOV (US, 110 min)
4:50 PM / Panel "Youth Action for Climate” (FREE Admission)

Session 15

San Francisco
Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street

6:30 PM / THE LEAF (China/US, 4 min)
6:45 PM / COVISIONS: QUARANTINE DIARY (US, 7 min)
7:00 PM / THE BROTHERS (LOS HERMANOS) (Cuba/US, 84 min)
8:40 PM / FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK (Canada/US, 92 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

THURSDAY October 28

Stanford University
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Encina Hall
616 Jane Stanford Way C100

Session 16

4:00 PM / MIND/GAME: THE UNQUIET JOURNEY OF CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW (US, 56 min)
5:10 PM / AULCIE (Israel/US, 72 min)
6:40 PM / Panel "Mental Health and Sports” (FREE Admission)

Session 17

8:00 PM / PRESERVING THE HOLOCAUST (Poland/US, 11 min)
8:20 PM / IRAQ’S LOST GENERATION (Iraq/Syria/US, 52 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

FRIDAY October 29

Stanford University
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Encina Hall
616 Jane Stanford Way C100

Session 18

4:00 PM / FRENEMIES (Cuba/US, 86 min)
5:40 PM / COUP 53 (Iran, 119 min)
7:40 PM / Panel “From Havana to Tehran – Strained Relations” (FREE Admission)

Session 19

9:00 PM / CARTERLAND (US, 122 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

SATURDAY October 30

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 20

1:00 PM / THESE MOMENTS (US, 20 min)
1:30 PM / STRIKE WITH THE BEAT (Myanmar, 25 min)
2:10 PM / HELLO, DICTATOR. ORBÁN, THE EU AND THE RULE OF LAW (Germany/Hungary, 89 min)
3:50 PM / TELL THE TRUTH AND RUN: GEORGE SELDES AND THE AMERICAN PRESS (US, 111 min)
5:40 PM / Panel "Telling the Truth about a Country” (FREE Admission)

Session 21

7:00 PM / THE CONDUCTOR (US, 90 min)
8:40 PM / MEET THE CENSORS (China/Germany/Iran/Norway/South Sudan/Sweden/US, 100 min)

10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29 . 10/30 . 10/31

SUNDAY October 31

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 22

1:00 PM / THE SEED (US, 30 min)
1:40 PM / IN CASE OF EMERGENCY (US, 81 min)

Session 23

3:10 PM / ISRAEL-PALESTINE: A SWISS MAN IN THE EYE OF THE STORM (Israel/Palestine, 53 min)
4:20 PM / TO THE STREET (A LA CALLE) (Venezuela, 111 min)

Session 24

6:30 PM / A FISTFUL OF RUBBISH (Spain, 14 min)
6:50 PM / SOLUTIONS (Denmark/US, 110 min)

9:00PM / Awards Ceremony and Closing Night Reception
-- sponsored by Coupa Café and Hobee’s
-- music by the Potential Jazz Ensemble