UNAFF 2015: Schedule

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

THURSDAY October 15
PALO ALTO: Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St.

SESSION 1

(FREE ADMISSION)

6:30 PM	Opening words by Mayor of Palo Alto, Karen Holman
6:45 PM	XBOUNDARY (US, 7 min)
7:00 PM	EDDIE ADAMS: SAIGON ’68 (US/Vietnam, 18 min)
7:30 PM	UNFAIR GAME: THE POLITICS OF POACHING (Swaziland/US/Zambia, 37 min)
8:20 PM	DRIVING WITH SELVI (Canada/India, 74 min)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

FRIDAY October 16
Palo Alto, Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road

SESSION 2


4:00 PM	PIRATES AND SLAVES (Thailand/UK, 9 min)
4:15 PM	FAR FROM HOME (Argentina/Canada/Italy/Uganda/US, 75 min)
5:40 PM	FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM (US, 103 min)

SESSION 3


7:40 PM	(DIS) HONESTY - THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES (US, 90 min)
9:40 PM	LET THE FIRE BURN (US, 95 min)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

SATURDAY October 17
Palo Alto, Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road

SESSION 4

(UNAFF & Kids Program, FREE ADMISSION; live jazz by local high school combo, The Blues By Five)

11:00 AM	NORMA’S STORY (Canada, 6 min)
11:15 AM	KNEE DEEP (US, 18 min)
11:40 AM	AUSTRALIA’S MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: THE SEA & ME (Australia, 28 min)

SESSION 5


1:00 PM	CIRCUS WITHOUT BORDERS (Canada/Guinea/US, 70 min)
2:20 PM	FREE (US, 73 min)

SESSION 6


4:00 PM	YELLOW STARS OF TOLERANCE (France/US, 28 min)
4:40 PM	WHERE SHOULD THE BIRDS FLY (Palestinian Territories/US, 64 min)
5:50 PM	DRONE (Norway/Pakistan, 78 min)

SESSION 7


7:20 PM	THE GIRLS OF THE TALIBAN (Afghanistan/UK, 48 min)
8:20 PM	LIBYA: AN IMPOSSIBLE NATION-STATE? (France/Libya, 57 min)
9:30 PM	DIRTY WARS (Afghanistan/Iraq/Somalia/Yemen, 86 min)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

SUNDAY October 18
Palo Alto, Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road

SESSION 8


1:00 PM	GARBAGE OR RESOURCE? A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXPERIENCE (Dominican Republic/US, 17min)
1:30 PM	RACING TO ZERO: IN PURSUIT OF ZERO WASTE (US, 56 min)
2:45 PM	FROM BILLIONS TO NONE: THE PASSENGER PIGEON’S FLIGHT TO EXTINCTION (US, 57 min)

SESSION 9


3:55 PM	WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT (Bermuda/Congo/US, 90 min)
5:35 PM	LAND GRABBING (Ethiopia/Romania/Saudi Arabia/US, 94 min)

SESSION 10


7:45 PM	OIL AND WATER (Ecuador/US, 55 min)
8:50 PM	STINK! (US, 91 min)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

MONDAY October 19
San Francisco, Ninth Street Independent Film Center , 145 ninth st.

SESSION 11


6:30 PM	Reception with the filmmakers
7:00 PM	GOOD MUSLIM GIRLS (Iraq/US, 7 min)
7:10 PM	THE SOUND MAN (Ethiopia/Kenya/Somalia/Sudan/Rwanda/US, 27 min)
7:40 PM	FINDING HILLYWOOD (Rwanda/US, 58 min)
8:45 PM	Panel "Funding Documentaries and Non-Profit Organizations Dealing with Social Change” (FREE Admission)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

TUESDAY October 20
Stanford University: Freeman Spogli Institute for International StudieS, Encina Hall, 616 Serra Street

SESSION 12


4:00 PM	HOTEL 22 (US, 9 min)
4:10 PM	INEQUALITY FOR ALL (US, 91 min) I
5:40 PM	Panel “The Perils of Inequality" (FREE Admission)

SESSION 13


6:30 PM	Reception with the filmmakers
7:00 PM	AGORA - FROM DEMOCRACY TO THE MARKET (Greece, 117 min)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

WEDNESDAY October 21
Stanford University: Freeman Spogli Institute for International StudieS, Encina Hall, 616 Serra Street

SESSION 14


4:15 PM	I AM ABLE (Rwanda/US, 13 min)
4:30 PM	BURDEN OF PEACE (Guatemala/Netherlands, 75 min)
5:45 PM	Panel “The Justice of Reconciliation” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 15


6:30 PM	Reception with the filmmakers
7:00 PM	DAVID & ME (Canada/US, 79 min)
8:30 PM	SOFT VENGEANCE: ALBIE SACHS AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA (South Africa/US, 84 min)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

THURSDAY October 22

SESSION 16 East Palo Alto, Eastside College Preparatory School, Eastside Theater 1041 Myrtle Street

UNAFF in Schools FREE for Students and Teachers

3:15 PM	A KNOCK ON MY DOOR (South Korea/US, 10 min)
3:25 PM	I'M NOT RACIST... AM I? (US, 90 min)
4:55 PM	Panel "The Endurance of Racism” (FREE Admission)
5:45 PM	HAVANA CURVEBALL (Cuba/US, 60min)

SESSION 17 Stanford University, School of Education,CERAS Building, Room 101, 520 Galvez Mall


6:30 PM	POET AGAINST PREJUDICE (US/Yemen, 27 min)
7:00 PM	TASHI AND THE MONK (Bhutan/India/Nepal/Tibet, 40 min)
7:45 PM	Panel "Acceptance vs.Bullying” (FREE Admission)
9:15 PM	VALENTINE ROAD (US, 89 min)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

FRIDAY October 23
Stanford University, Stanford Medical School (Li Ka Shing Center Building) 291 Campus Drive, Room LK130

SESSION 18


4:00 PM	THANK YOU FOR PLAYING (US, 81 min)
5:30 PM	OMO CHILD: THE RIVER AND THE BUSH (Ethiopia/US, 90 min)

SESSION 19


7:00 PM	Reception with the filmmakers
7:30 PM	THE TROUBLE WITH BREAD (US, 27 min)
8:00 PM	MY DAD’S A ROCKER (China, 29 min)
8:30 PM	CAPTURING GRACE (US, 61 min)
9:30 PM	Panel “The Quest for Health” (FREE Admission)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

SATURDAY October 24

SESSION 20 Stanford University, Stanford Medical School (Li Ka Shing Center Building) 291 Campus Drive, Room LK130


1:00 PM	VESSEL (Ireland/Morocco/Poland/Portugal/Spain/US, 90 min)
2:40 PM	IT HAPPENED HERE (US, 76 min)

SESSION 21 Stanford University, Stanford Medical School (Li Ka Shing Center Building) 291 Campus Drive, Room LK130


4:00 PM	Panel “The Elimination of Violence against Women” (FREE Admission)
5:00 PM	INDIA’S DAUGHTER (India/UK, 62 min)

SESSION 22 Stanford University, School of Education,CERAS Building, Room 101, 520 Galvez Mall


6:10 PM	MANISLAM - ISLAM AND MASCULINITY (Bangladesh/Indonesia/Kuwait/Norway/Pakistan/Turkey, 62 min)
7:20 PM	ALICE WALKER: BEAUTY IN TRUTH (US, 84 min)
9:00 PM	DOROTHEA LANGE: GRAB A HUNK OF LIGHTNING (US, 108 min)

10/15 . 10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24 . 10/25

SundaY October 25
Stanford University, School of Education,CERAS Building, Room 101, 520 Galvez Mall

SESSION 23


1:00 PM	A NEW PATH (India, 28 min)
2:40 PM	THE SAME HEART (Kenya/India/US, 67 minutes)

SESSION 24


3:50 PM	WORSE THAN POOP! (US, 7 min)
4:00 PM	DAMNATION (US, 52 min)
4:55 PM	ANTARCTIC EDGE: 70 DEGREES SOUTH (US, 72 min)
6:15 PM	Panel ”Climate Countdown” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 25


7:00 PM	JANE’S JOURNEY (Germany/Tanzania/UK, 111 minutes)
9:00 PM	Awards Ceremony
9:30 PM	Closing Night Party ● Music by Potential Jazz Ensemble sponsored by Garden Court Hotel