UNAFF 2011: Schedule

SCHEDULE

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FRIDAY October 21

I session

Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street
Palo Alto

Opening Night, Sponsored by FACT and JUNNOON
Music by international recording artist, Mira Veda

6:45 PM Opening words by Mayor of Palo Alto Sid Espinosa
7:00 PM THE THING THAT HAPPENED (Uganda/USA)
7:40 PM PINK SARIS (India)
co-presented with 3 i South Asian Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival
9:30 PM ONCE UPON A ROOFTOP (China)
co-presented with Center for East Asian Studies and Center for Asian American Media

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

SATURDAY October 22

II session

Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street
Palo Alto

12:00 PM OUR SCHOOL (Romania)
co-presented with Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies

III session

1:50 PM EVERY WAR HAS TWO LOSERS (USA)
2:40 PM RACHEL (Belgium/France/Israel/Palestine/USA)

IV session

4:30 PM BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (Israel/Palestine/USA)
co-presented with San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and San Francisco International Film Festival

V session

7:15 PM DUBAI: A CITY OF DREAMS (UAE)
co-presented with Arab Film Festival

VI session

8:40 PM TALIBE - THE LEAST FAVORED CHILDREN OF SENEGAL (Senegal)

VII session

9:50 PM BURMA SOLDIER (Burma/Ireland/Thailand/USA)
co-presented with Center for South Asia at Stanford

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

SUNDAY October 23

VIII session

Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street
Palo Alto

UNAFF & Kids Program (FREE admission) sponsored by Whole Foods

Theatre 1
11:00 AM RAMANA'S GARDEN (India)
co-presented with Center for South Asia at Stanford
11:20 AM CARAVAN OF THE BOOKS – KENYA'S MOBILE CAMEL LIBRARY (Kenya)

Theatre 2
11:30 AM A SIMPLE QUESTION – THE STORY OF STRAW (USA)
12:15 PM DREAMING NICARAGUA (Nicaragua/Spain/USA)

IX session

2:00 PM ZIMBABWE'S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN (Zimbabwe)
co-presented with Center for African Studies

x session

3:45 PM CHILL OUT (Serbia)
4:15 PM CINEMA KOMUNISTO (Serbia)
co-presented with Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies

xi session

6:30 PM IRAN: A CINEMATOGRAPHIC REVOLUTION (Iran)
co-presented with Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

xii session

8:30 PM BIG SISTER PUNAM (Nepal/Serbia)
9:45 PM A MAO E A LUVA – THE STORY OF A BOOK TRAFFICKER (Brazil/Italy)
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies

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

MONDAY October 24

XIII session

AOL PATCH
395 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto

4:45 PM Reception with the filmmakers
5:15 PM OVERNIGHT STAY (Poland/USA)
5:30PM HAPPY (Bhutan/Brazil/Denmark/India/ Japan/Namibia/USA)
co-presented by Center for East Asian Studies
6:45PM Panel "Can You Teach Happiness?" (FREE Admission)

XIV session

Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street
Palo Alto

7:00 PM SHATTERING THE MYTH OF AGING: SENIOR GAMES CELEBRATE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, COMPETITION AND COMMUNITY (USA)
7:30 PM ABUELAS (GRANDMOTHERS) (Argentina/UK)
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies

XV session

7:50 PM TO EDUCATE A GIRL (Nepal/Uganda/USA)
co-presented with Center for South Asia at Stanford

XVI session

9:15 PM FATAL PROMISES (Austria/Ukraine/USA)

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

TUESDAY October 25

XVII session

Palo Alto High School Haymarket Theatre
50 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto

UNAFF In Schools Program
(all screenings FREE for students and teachers)

2:00 PM SETTING THE STAGE (USA)
2:45 PM ORIGINAL MINDS (USA)

XVIII session

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Encina Hall
616 Serra Street
Stanford University

4:15 PM AMERICAN TEACHER (USA)
6:00 PM Panel "Teachers' Pay as a Factor in Education Quality" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Freeman Spogli Institute and School of Education
6:45 PM Reception with the filmmakers

XIX session

Eastside Theater
1041 Myrtle Street
East Palo Alto

co-presented with Eastside College Preparatory School and City of East Palo Alto

UNAFF In Schools Program
(all screenings FREE for students and teachers)

4:00 PM RAISING YUSRIYA (Egypt)
4:40 PM SHANTY TOWN CINDERELLAS (South Africa)
5:00 PM FACING FORWARD (USA)

XX session

Boys & Girls Clubs
Moldaw-Zaffaroni Clubhouse
2031 Pulgas Avenue
East Palo Alto

UNAFF In Schools Program
(all screenings FREE for students and teachers)

7:00 PM PLAY AGAIN (USA)
8:15 PM Panel "Playing in Virtual and Real Worlds" (FREE Admission)
9:00 PM PROBLEM KIDZ (USA)

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

WEDNESDAY October 26

XXI session

Stanford Medical School
(Li Ka Shing Center Building)
Room Alway M114
291 Campus Drive
Stanford University

5:15 PM MAKING NOISE IN SILENCE (South Korea/USA)
co-presented by Center for East Asian Studies
5:50 PM RESTORING THE LIGHT (China)
co-presented by Center for East Asian Studies
6:50 PM Panel "The Fight for Health – Global and Local" (FREE Admission)

XXII session

Stanford Medical School
(Li Ka Shing Center Building)
Room LK 130
291 Campus Drive
Stanford University

8:00 PM HOW DO YOU TELL SOMEBODY THAT YOU'RE HIV+? (USA)
8:30 PM THE POWER OF TWO (USA)

XXIII session

Balboa Theatre
3630 Balboa Street
San Francisco

co-presented with UNA San Francisco Chapter

5:30 PM BECAUSE WE WERE BEAUTIFUL (Indonesia/Netherlands)

XXIV session

6:50 PM PARADISE HOTEL (Bulgaria)
co-presented with Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies

XXV session

8:10 PM FORERUNNERS (South Africa)

XXVI session

9:20 PM BUTTERFLIES AND BULLDOZERS (USA)

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

THURSDAY October 27

XXVII session

Cantor Arts Center
328 Lomita Drive
Stanford University

5:00 PM KENYA MAASAI: THE RACE TO PRESERVE THE PAST (Kenya) co-presented with Center for African Studies
5:30 PM THE POWER OF ART: WOMEN'S VOICES IN AFRICA (Algeria/Benin/ Burkina Faso/Egypt/Mali/Morocco/Nigeria/Senegal/ South Africa)
6:30 PM Panel "The Capacity of Art to Transform and Educate" (FREE Admission) co-presented with Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts

XXVIII session

8:00 PM WASTE LAND (Brazil/USA)

XXIX session

Palo Alto High School
Haymarket Theatre
50 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto

7:00 PM TRUST: SECOND ACTS IN YOUNG LIVES (Honduras/USA)
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies

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

FRIDAY October 28

XXX session

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Encina Hall
616 Serra Street
Stanford University

4:30 PM GRACE (Philippines)
5:00 PM WHITE GOLD: THE TRUE COST OF COTTON (UK/Uzbekistan)
5:15PM Panel "Studying or Working: A Young Person's Dilemma" (FREE Admission)
co-presented with Freeman Spogli Institute and School of Education
6:30 PM Reception with the filmmakers

XXXI session

Annenberg Auditorium
Cummings Art Building
435 Lasuen Mall
Stanford University

6:00 PM HOW TO START A REVOLUTION (Egypt/Serbia/Syria/UK/Ukraine/USA)
co-presented with Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies

XXXII session

8:00 PM MERCY BEYOND BORDERS (South Sudan)
co-presented with Center for African Studies
8:30 PM WEAPON OF WAR (Netherlands/Congo)
9:40 PM PROSECUTOR (Canada/Chad/Congo/Netherlands/ Sudan/Uganda/USA)

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

SATURDAY October 29

XXXIII session

Cantor Arts Center
328 Lomita Drive
Stanford University

11:15 AM MISTURA: THE POWER OF FOOD (Peru)
12:00 PM LUNCH (USA)
12:40 PM Panel "The Art Of Eating Healthy" (FREE Admission)

XXXIV session

2:00 PM THERE'S NO SOUND IN MY HEAD (USA)
co-presented with Stanford Lively Arts and Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts
2:45 PM CHOCTAW CODE TALKERS (USA)
4:00 PM THE HEALER (Mexico)

XXXV session

Annenberg Auditorium
Cummings Art Building
435 Lasuen Mall
Stanford University

3:00 PM PRICELE$$ (USA)
3:40 PM THE LIGHT BULB CONSPIRACY (France, Germany, Ghana, Spain, USA)

XXXVI session

5:15 PM WHEN THE WATER ENDS (Ethiopia/Kenya)
5:40 PM RIVER OF RENEWAL (USA)

XXXVII session

8:00 PM JEANS AND MARTO (Ethiopia/Italy)
9:15 PM TRANSIT (Singapore)
co-presented by Center for East Asian Studies
9:40 PM FORDSON: FAITH, FASTING AND FOOTBALL (USA)
co-presented with Arab Film Festival

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

SUNDAY October 30

XXXVIII session

Cubberley Auditorium
School of Education Building
485 Lasuen Mall
Stanford University

12:00 PM WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED: THE NASHVILLE SIT-INS (USA) 12:20 PM LA ISLA – ARCHIVES OF A TRAGEDY (Germany/Guatemala)
co-presented with Center for Latin American Studies

XXXIX session

2:15 PM ATOMIC ALERT (France/Japan/Pakistan/Russia/USA)
co-presented by Center for East Asian Studies
4:00 PM ATOMIC MOM (USA)

XL session

5:40 PM A BITTER TASTE OF FREEDOM (Russia/Sweden/USA)
co-presented with Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
6:50 PM WIKIREBELS (Sweden)

XLI session

8:00 PM Awards Ceremony
8:30 PM Closing Night Party ● Music by Potential Jazz Ensemble ● International Food
sponsored by Douce France, Café Venetia and Hobee's

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