UNAFF 2025: SCHEDULE

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

THURSDAY October 16

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

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

SESSION 1

6:00 PM Opening words by Palo Alto Mayor Ed Lauing

6:30 PM AN ORDINARY INSANITY (US, 23 min)
7:00 PM STAND TOGETHER AS ONE (Ethiopia/UK/US, 64 min)
8:15 PM FOLLOWING HARRY (US, 94 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

FRIDAY October 17

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 2

4:00 PM A SHOT AT HISTORY (US, 23 min)
4:30 PM COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! (Israel/Palestine, 95 min)

SESSION 3

6:15 PM NICE GIRLS DON’T ASK (US,17 min)
6:40 PM THE CHAPLAIN AND THE DOCTOR (US, 85 min)

SESSION 4

8:15 PM THE FRIENDSHIP BENCH (US/Zimbabwe, 52 min)
9:15 PM MADE IN ETHIOPIA (China/Ethiopia, 90 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

SATURDAY October 18

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 5 UNAFF & Kids Program (FREE Admission)

1:00 PM SAVING OUR ANCESTORS (Indonesia/US, 27 min)
1:35 PM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NOISE (Romania/UK, 40 min)

SESSION 6

2:30 PM EVERYWHERE (Australia, 39 min)
3:20 PM THE POWER OF SMALL (US, 40 min)
4:10 PM PASSION TO PERSIST (US, 48 min)
5:05 PM THE DREAMERS AND I (US, 74 min)
6:30 PM PANEL “Kindness, the Catalyst for Social Change” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 7

7:30 PM YOU’RE NO INDIAN (US, 78 min)
8:55 PM MAGIC & MONSTERS (US, 88 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

SUNDAY October 19

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 8

1:00 PM PRIDE OF THE GOBI (Mongolia, 7 min)
1:15 PM SOAKING THE GROUND (Brazil,15 min)
1:40 PM WIND’S HERITAGE (Iran, 29 min)

SESSION 9

2:20 PM THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT (US, 97 min)
4:00 PM PANEL "Active Climate Change Responses” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 10

5:10 PM LABORS OF LOVE: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF HENRIETTA SZOLD (Israel/US, 73 min)
6:35 PM THE BURNING (Congo/Guinea/Mali/Morocco/Nigeria/US, 86 min)
8:15 PM UVALDE MOM (US, 88 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

MONDAY October 20

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 11

4:00 PM STITCH AND TIME (US, 14 min)
4:20 PM PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE (US, 90 min)
6:00 PM PANEL "Criminal Justice – Punishment vs. Reintegration” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 12

7:00 PM THE PRISON SHOW (US, 55 min)
8:05 PM IN THE RED: CHANGING LIVES TO SAVE LIVES (US, 94 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

TUESDAY October 21

Stanford University
Green Library
Hohbach Hall Presentation Palace
557 Escondido Mall

SESSION 13

4:00 PM REVOLUTION 3.0 (Iran, 52min)
5:00 PM TIKTOK, BOOM. (US, 87 min)
6:30 PM PANEL "The Impact and the Role of Social Media” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 14

7:30 PM HOW TO BUILD A LIBRARY (Germany/Kenya/US,100 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

WEDNESDAY October 22

SESSION 15 UNAFF in Schools (FREE for Students and Teachers)

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

3:00 PM AHMED ALIVE (Palestine/South Africa, 21 min)
3:25 PM ONCE UPON A TIME IN UKRAINE (Ukraine, 36 min)
4:05 PM LIFT (US, 87 min)

SESSION 16

San Francisco
Delancey Screening Room
600 Embarcadero

7:05 PM FREE WORDS: A POET FROM GAZA (Palestine/Turkey, 24 min)
7:40 PM POST ATLANTIC (US, 29 min)

SESSION 17

San Francisco
Delancey Screening Room
600 Embarcadero

8:20 PM THE TRUE STORY OF TAMARA DE LEMPICKA AND THE ART OF SURVIVAL (US, 96 min)

SESSION 18

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

7:00 PM EXODUS (Sudan, 25 min)
7:30 PM A LITTLE FELLOW: THE LEGACY OF A.P. GIANNINI (Italy/US,122 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

THURSDAY October 23

Stanford University
Stanford Medical School, LKC room 120
291 Campus Dr.

SESSION 19 (FREE Admission)

4:00 PM SENSE OF SMELL (France/Germany/Israel/Portugal/Sweden/Switzerland, 52 min)
5:00 PM ARREST THE MIDWIFE (US, 78 min)
6:30 PM PANEL “Healthcare – Science and Truth under Siege”

SESSION 20 (FREE Admission)

7:30 PM SPILLOVER – PLANET OF VIRUSES (Australia/Belgium/CambodiaGermany/Hong Kong/Malaysia/US, 89 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

FRIDAY October 24

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 21

4:00 PM WAR AND PRIEST (Georgia/UK,17 min)
4:25 PM MAX: ONE LAST FAVOR (Afghanistan/US, 21 min)
4:55 PM UNFORGIVABLE (Italy/Rwanda, 28 min)
5:30 PM THE QUIET DIPLOMAT (South Korea/US, 65 min)
6:40 PM PANEL "Humanizing Complex Political Issues” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 22

7:40 PM THERE IS ANOTHER WAY (Israel/Palestine, 67 min)
9:00 PM PORCELAIN WAR (Ukraine, 87 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

SATURDAY October 25

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 23

1:00 PM ISAAC ASIMOV, A MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE (France/US, 55 min)
2:05 PM THE INVISIBLE DOCTRINE: THE SECRET HISTORY OF NEOLIBERALISM
(UK/US, 75 min)

SESSION 24

3:30 PM WHO KILLED SHIREEN? (Israel/Palestine/US, 41 min)
4:20 PM BREGRET (UK, 52 min)
5:20 PM DEMOCRACY NOIR (Hungary/US, 90 min)
7:00 PM PANEL "Democracy and Media in the Age of AI” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 25

8:00 PM DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE (Belgium/Luxembourg/US, 52 min)
9:00 PM THE SPIES AMONG US (Germany/US, 91 min)

10/16 . 10/17 . 10/18 . 10/19 . 10/20 . 10/21 . 10/22 . 10/23 . 10/24. 10/25. 10/26

SUNDAY October 26

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 26

1:00 PM THE CHANGEBAKER (Canada/Colombia/US, 16 min)
1:25 PM COMPARSA (Guatemala/US, 79 min)

SESSION 27

3:00 PM THE LIBRARIANS (US, 83 min)
4:30 PM COUNTED OUT (US, 89 min)

SESSION 28

6:10 PM WE WANT THE FUNK! (US, 120 min)

8:15 PM Awards Ceremony and Closing Night
--- Reception sponsored by Birdies and La Boheme
--- Music by Potential Jazz Ensemble

Please keep in mind that the start times within sessions with multiple films depend on guests and Q&A durations and are therefore not always absolutely precise.