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MISSION
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The United
Nations Association Midpeninsula Chapter and the Stanford
Film Society are delighted to announce the fourth annual United
Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF). The festival will take
place on October 25-28, 2001 at Stanford University, Cubberley
Auditorium (School of Education) and Annenberg Auditorium (Cummings Art
Building).
The
theme for UNAFF 2001 is "DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS".
Established
three years ago at Stanford University, UNAFF screens documentaries by
international filmmakers dealing with UN topics such as human rights,
environmental survival, women's issues, children, refugee protection,
homelessness, racism, disease control, universal education, war and peace.
The festival offers a unique opportunity to view films that are rarely
screened for public audiences, since they are often too political for
commercial theatrical release. UNAFF enables audience members to become
familiar with global problems, and to provide a better understanding of
the means to address these problems.
Over
160 submissions from all over the world have been carefully reviewed for
the fourth annual UNAFF. The jury has selected 31 films to be screened
at this years festival. The documentaries selected showcase topics
from Afghanistan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Cyprus,
Cuba, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Laos, Lebanon,
Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Slovakia, Turkey,
Vietnam, the United Kingdom, the United States and Zimbabwe.
Encouraged
by overwhelming positive response from the audience and the media, a traveling
film festival called the UNAFF Extension Program
was created last year. The first UNAFF Extension Program event was held
in Monterey, October 27-28, 2000. In March 2001, UNAFF Extension Program
events were held in San Francisco and Washington DC, and in Berkeley,
CA in April.
We
are extremely proud to announce that UNAFF received the national Earl
W. Eames Award for innovatively combining new technology with traditional
media at the annual UNA USA Convention in New York on March 26,
2001.
UNAFF
is an independent project of the Midpeninsula Chapter of the UNA-USA,
a non-profit organization. We welcome your support, financial or otherwise,
in helping us put together this festival that promotes documentary filmmaking
as a tool for social and political understanding and facilitates community
participation in effecting international change. All donations to UNAFF
are tax deductible.
Please
send your check payable to UNAFF to P.O. Box 19369 Stanford, CA 94309.
We
are deeply thankful for your participation and support,
Jasmina
Bojic
Founder and Festival Director
UNAFF/UNAFF EP
P.O. Box 19369
Stanford, CA 94309
Tel: (650) 725-0012
Fax: (650) 725-0011
E-mail: info@unaff.org
GENERAL
INFORMATION:
Locations:
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here for map
Thursday, October 25, 5:30PM Cubberley Auditorium
(School of Education, Stanford University)
Friday, October 26, 3:30PM Annenberg Auditorium
(Cummings Art Building, Stanford University)
Saturday, October 27, 1:00PM Annenberg Auditorium
(Cummings Art Building, Stanford University)
Sunday, October 28, 1:00PM Cubberley Auditorium
(School of Education, Stanford University)
Admission
(per film session*):
Stanford undergraduates: Free
Students: $5
General public: $8
Festival Pass (includes all sessions): $30
Tickets
can be purchased at the Film Festival (Stanford Universtity) or in advance
at the following locations:
Keplers Bookstore:
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo
Park
UNA store: 552 Emerson Street, Palo Alto
For more information please call (650) 724-5544.
*Each film session will last approximately four to five hours
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