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SUN (10/19) | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN (10/26)

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SUNDAY October 19
Palo Alto, Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street

Opening Night sponsored by Evvia
Opening Night Celebrations:
Emerson Street, Palo Alto
Live Music from 5-7pm

Bistro D'Asie: 445 Emerson St. (across from Aquarius), 650-325-4400
Offering a special $15 pre-theater, prix-fixe menu from 5-7pm on October 19th to celebrate the film festival. Stop in after the show with your movie stub to enjoy a complimentary house cocktail.

Restaurant Lavanda: 185 University, 650-321-3514
Offering pre-theatre prix-fixe dinners. Please call for details and price.

Gelato Classico: 435 Emerson St. (650) 327-1317
Offering a 25% discount for those holding an opening night movie ticket.

OFFERS GOOD OPENING NIGHT ONLY WITH TICKET

I session (SOLD OUT):

7:00 PM Opening words by Mayor of Palo Alto Larry Klein
7:15 PM DISAPPEARING FROGS (USA)
7:30 PM GALAPAGOS EVOLVING (Ecuador/USA)
7:45 PM FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER (Bolivia/Canada/France/India/USA)
("Flow" co-presented with San Francisco International Film Festival)
MONDAY October 20
San Francisco, Roxie Cinema
3117 16th Street
II session:
co-presented with San Francisco Documentary Festival

7:15 PM BELONGING (Canada/USA)
8:20 PM SAN FRANCISCO: STILL WILD AT HEART (USA)
9:30 PM MEGALOPOLIS (Brazil/China/Egypt/Italy/Japan/Pakistan/USA)
co-presented with Italian Cultural Center and Center for East Asian Studies

III session:
Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for
International Studies Encina Hall 616 Serra Street
co-presented with FSI, FACES, SiCA and CEAS

4:00 PM YOUNG AND RESTLESS IN CHINA (China/USA)
5:45 PM Panel “Young and Restless in China” (Free admission)
6:45 PM Reception with the filmmakers

TUESDAY October 21
East Palo Alto, Eastside Theater
2101 Pulgas Avenue co-presented with City of East Palo Alto
IV session:

4:00 PM TWO ANGRY MOMS (USA)
5:30 PM Panel “Why Do You Eat Junk Food?” (Free admission)

- Short Break-

V session:

6:45 PM CHILDREN IN NO MAN’S LAND (Mexico/USA)
7:45 PM AMBASSADORS LEARN LANGUAGES (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
8:30 PM THE TREE OF LIFE (Serbia)
9:20 PM CARISSA (USA)

WEDNESDAY October 22
Stanford University, Annenberg Auditorium
(Cummings Art Building) - 435 Lasuen Mall
VI session:

5:15 PM SALIM BABA (India/USA)
co-presented with 3rdI Film Festival
5:40 PM TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (Afghanistan/Denmark/Finland/Germany/ Iraq/South Africa/UK/USA)

- Short Break -

VII session:

7:45 PM HAMMOUDI (Lebanon/Palestine)
co-presented with Arab Film Festival
8:00 PM SCARRED LANDS AND WOUNDED LIVES - THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS OF WAR (Iraq/USA/Vietnam)
9:30 PM THE LINGUISTS (Bolivia/India/Russia/USA)
THURSDAY October 23
Stanford University, Annenberg Auditorium
(Cummings Art Building) - 435 Lasuen Mall
VIII session:

5:15 PM IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA (Liberia/USA)
6:40 PM FRONTRUNNER (Afghanistan/USA)

- Short Break -

IX session:

8:30 PM LA AMERICANA (Bolivia/USA)
9:50 PM MY DAUGHTER THE TERRORIST (Sri Lanka/USA)

FRIDAY October 24
Stanford University, Annenberg Auditorium
(Cummings Art Building) - 435 Lasuen Mall
X session:
Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for
International Studies Encina Hall 616 Serra Street
co-presented with Freeman Spogli Institute

4:00 PM Panel “The Impact of Oil—China, USA, Sudan and Nigeria”
(Free admission)

XI session:

5:45 PM THIS TIME WE CAN'T SAY WE DIDN'T KNOW (Croatia/Sudan)
co-presented with San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
5:50 PM FACES (Israel/France/Netherlands/Palestine)
co-presented with Arab Film Festival and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
7:15 PM TIGER SPIRIT (Canada/North Korea/South Korea)
co-presented with Center for Asian American Studies

- Short Break -

XII session:

8:45 PM TRIAGE: DR. JAMES ORBINSKI’S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA
(Canada/Congo/Rwanda/Somalia)
10:15 PM BLUE HELMETS: PEACE AND DISHONOR (Canada/Congo)
SATURDAY October 25
Stanford University, Annenberg Auditorium
(Cummings Art Building) - 435 Lasuen Mall
XIII session:

11:00 AM ONE OF THE LAST (Italy/USA)
co-presented with Italian Cultural Center
11:20 AM GOOD FOOD (USA)
12:45 PM GARBAGE! THE REVOLUTION STARTS AT HOME (Canada/USA)

- Short Break -

XIV session:

2:10 PM KILOWATT OURS (USA)
3:20 PM WASTE = FOOD (China/Germany/Switzerland/USA)
co-presented with Center for East Asian Studies

XV session:

4:30 PM Panel co-presented with Woods Institute
“Waste=Food, From Awareness To Action”
5:45 PM ALL IN THIS TEA (China/USA)
co-presented with Center for East Asian Studies

- Short Break -

XVI session:

8:00 PM TROUBLE THE WATER (USA)
9:45 PM SLIDING LIBERIA (Liberia/USA)
SUNDAY October 26
Stanford University, Annenberg Auditorium
(Cummings Art Building) - 435 Lasuen Mall
XVII session:

11:15 AM GERMANS IN THE WOODS (USA)
11:20 AM A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: THE EXILE JOURNEY OF
ARIEL DORFMAN (Argentina/Chile/Canada)

- Short Break -

XVIII session:

1:15 PM FREEHELD (USA)
2:05 PM ASK NOT (USA)
co-presented with San Francisco International Film Festival

- Short Break -

XIX session:

3:40 PM IMMACULATE CONFESSION (USA)
4:50 PM MAKING THE RIVER (USA)

- Short Break -

XX session:
Stanford University, Memorial Auditorium - 551 Serra Mall
co-presented with FLiCKS and Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts

6:45 PM ALL TOGETHER NOW (Canada/UK/USA)
8:30 PM Closing Night Party ● Music by Potential ● International Food provided by LA MEDITERRANEE, DOUCE FRANCE, HOBEE'S, MOONBEAN'S, TRADER JOES, WHOLE FOODS
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©2008 United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF)
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October 19-26, 2008
Stanford University, Palo Alto

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September 25-28
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September 26
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Hyde Park

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