UNAFF 2023: CONTACT

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

THURSDAY October 19

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 1

5:30 PM Opening Night Reception
-- sponsored by Coupa Café and Terun
-- music by POTENTIAL Jazz Ensemble

6:00 PM Opening words by Palo Alto Mayor, Lydia Kou

6:30 PM CELEBRATING 15 (Azerbaijan, 6 min)
6:45 PM WATERMAN (US, 93 min)
8:30 PM STILL WORKING 9 TO 5 (US, 95 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

FRIDAY October 20

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 2

4:45 PM HOME RIVER (Finland, 25 min)
5:20 PM CATEGORY WOMAN (US, 76 min)

Session 3

7:00 PM BAHATI (Canada/Rwanda, 11 min)
7:20 PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD STORYTELLER (Jordan/United Arab Emirates, 50 min)
8:20 PM SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD (Estonia, 89 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

SATURDAY October 21

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 4 UNAFF & Kids Program (FREE Admission)

1:00 PM LIGHT (Kenya/US, 13 min)
1:30 PM HELLBENT (US, 19 min)

Session 5

2:30 PM ABUNDANCE: THE FARMLINK STORY (US, 25 min)
3:05 PM GREENER PASTURES (US, 82 min)

Session 6

6:30 PM THE ENIGMA OF FAINA (Azerbaijan, 5 min)
6:45 PM IT’S JUST BUSINESS (Greece/New Zealand, 8 min)
7:00 PM TO KILL A TIGER (Canada/India,120 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

SUNDAY October 22

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 7

1:00 PM THE FOREST BEYOND (Peru/US, 22 min)
1:30 PM EVER GREEN (US, 30 min)
2:10 PM WINDSHIPPED (US, 39 min)
3:00 PM PANEL "Climate Change Challenges” (FREE Admission)

Session 8

4:10 PM NANOBOTS, A FANTASTIC VOYAGE (US, 30 min)
4:50 PM THE RECYCLING MYTH (Germany/Bulgaria/Turkey, 52 min)

Session 9

7:00 PM 13 DRIVER’S LICENSES (Germany/US, 27 min)
7:40 PM ANDREI SAKHAROV ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WINDOW (Israel/Russia, 73 min)
9:00 PM UNARCHIVED (Canda/US, 84 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

MONDAY October 23

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 10

4:00 PM OVERTOWN’S LIVING LEGACY (US, 7 min)
4:15 PM A GUNSHOT’S CRY (US, 7 min)
4:30 PM MOVE WHEN THE SPIRIT SAYS MOVE: THE LEGACY OF DOROTHY FOREMAN
COTTON (US, 89 min)
6:15 PM PANEL "The Power of Civil Rights Movements” (FREE Admission)

Session 11

7:30 PM EZEQUIEL BARAJA (Argentina/Germany, 7 min)
7:50 PM WHAT THESE WALLS WON’T HOLD (US, 39 min)
8:40 PM A CRIME ON THE BAYOU (US, 91 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

TUESDAY October 24

Stanford University
Stanford Medical School Alway Building
300 Pasteur Drive, Room Alway M106

Session 12

4:00 PM YOU ALWAYS SEE MYSELF (US, 15 min)
4:30 PM A STILL SMALL VOICE (US, 97 min)
6:20 PM PANEL "Solving Health Crises” (FREE Admission)

Session 13

8:00 PM UNNAMED (Iran, 13 min)
8:30 PM THE HUMAN TRIAL (US, 54 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

WEDNESDAY October 25

Session 14 UNAFF in Schools Program (FREE Admission)

East Palo Alto
Eastside College Preparatory School,
Eastside Theater, 1041 Myrtle Street

3:10 PM CITIZENS OF NOWHERE (US, 11 min)
3:30 PM BRIEF TENDER LIGHT (Ghana/Nigeria/Rwanda/Tanzania/US/Zimbabwe, 93 min)

Session 15

San Francisco
Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street

6:30 PM HE HAD WINGS (US, 29 min)
7:10 PM WHEN WE WERE BULLIES (US, 35 min)

Session 16

San Francisco
Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street

8:00 PM MY NAME IS SIRI (US, 15 min)
8:30 PM THE SECRET SONG (US, 90 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

THURSDAY October 26

Stanford University
Anderson Collection
314 Lomita Drive

Session 17

4:00 PM TOWN DESTROYER (US, 53 min)
5:00 PM KING LEAR: HOW WE LOOKED FOR LOVE DURING THE WAR (Ukraine, 91 min)
6:40 PM PANEL “The Ways We Look at Art, Creative Space and History” (FREE Admission)

Session 18

7:50PM WHAT WOULD YOUR SIGN SAY (US, 7 min)
8:00PM BACKLASH: MISOGYNY IN THE DIGITAL AGE (Canada/France/Italy/US, 79 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

FRIDAY October 27

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 19

4:00 PM WHEN THE BOMB DROPS (Iraq/Netherlands, 51 min)
5:00 PM ISRAELISM (Israel/Palestine/US, 84 min)
6:30 PM PANEL "Making Peace During the War” (FREE Admission)

Session 20

7:40 PM THEATERS OF WAR: HOW THE PENTAGON AND CIA TOOK HOLLYWOOD (US, 87 min)
9:10 PM I WANTED TO BE A MAN WITH A GUN: THREE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II (US, 90 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

SATURDAY October 28

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 21

1:00 PM THE TEST (Ghana/US,16 min)
1:30 PM FEAR NOT (Côte d'Ivoire/US, 21 min)
2:00 PM SEEKING ASYLUM (Mexico/US, 70 min)

Session 22

3:20 PM EVANGELICALS FROM FAITH TO POWER (France/US,155 min)
6:00 PM PANEL “Religion and State” (FREE Admission)

Session 23

7:30 PM A HAND TO HOLD (US, 23 min)
8:00 PM HOLY PROSTITUTION (Indonesia, 25 min)
8:40 PM LET IT BE LAW (Argentina, 87 min)

10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26 . 10/27 . 10/28 . 10/29

SUNDAY October 29

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 24

1:00 PM BASEBALL BEHIND BARBED WIRE (Japan/US, 30 min)
1:40 PM THE MOVEMENT AND THE ‘MADMAN’ (US, 54 min)

Session 25

3:00 PM DON’T COME BACK - IN THE RUINS OF MOSUL (Iraq/Italy/France, 67 min)
4:20 PM STRIPPED FOR PARTS: AMERICAN JOURNALISM ON THE BRINK (US, 99 min)

Session 26

6:10 PM BY MY SIDE (US, 30 min)
6:50 PM DOWNWIND (US, 96 min)

8:30 PM / Awards Ceremony and Closing Night Reception
-- sponsored by Oren's Hummus and Hobee’s
-- music by the Potential Jazz Ensemble