UNAFF 2026: 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
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

5:30 PM Opening Night Reception – Sponsored by Coupa Café and Terun Music by POTENTIAL Jazz Ensemble

SESSION 1

6:00 PM Opening words by Palo Alto Mayor Vickie Veenker

6:30 PM THE COMFORT DOGS OF UGANDA (Australia/Uganda, 30 min)
7:10 PM LAST CHRISTIAN IN BETHLEHEM (Israel/Palestine/US, 68 min)
8:30 PM THROUGH THE BODY (Brazil/France/Ghana/Greece/Indonesia/Italy/Turkey/US, 94 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
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 2

4:00 PM ᏂᎦᏓ ᎯᎦᎷᎪ: IT ALL COMES BACK (US, 17 min)
4:30 PM WHAT’S NEXT (US, 77 min)

SESSION 3

6:00 PM FROM FIELDS TO FLIGHT (India, 11 min)
6:20 PM WIDOW CHAMPION (Kenya, 95 min)

SESSION 4

8:00 PM MAHWASH (Afghanistan, 61 min)
9:10 PM SILENCED (Australia/Mexico/South Africa/Switzerland/UK, 97 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
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 5 UNAFF & Kids Program (FREE Admission)

1:00 PM THE FIXER (US, 12 min)
1:20 PM UNDER THE CANOPY (Colombia, 22 min)

SESSION 6

2:00 PM MAGICAL BRIDGE: KIND BY DESIGN (US, 25 min)
2:35 PM LOVING KARMA (India/UK/US, 80 min)

SESSION 7

4:05 PM CLIMATE REFUGEES: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE (Australia/Bangladesh/Colombia/Fiji/France, 56 min)
5:10 PM THE [CONSERV]ATIVES (US, 86 min)

6:40 PM PANEL “Bipartisanship and Climate Change” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 8

7:40 PM EAT MORE TREES (Belgium/Brazil/Spain/US, 51 min)
8:40 PM JUST LOOK UP (Denmark/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

SUNDAY October 18

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 9 Short Session (FREE Admission)

1:00 PM CROSSING THE DIVIDE (US, 11 min)
1:20 PM THE DREAMING GAME (US, 11 min)
1:40 PM THE MARKET AND THE MONKEY’S PAW (El Salvador/US, 20 min)

SESSION 10

2:10 PM FEDERICO FAGGIN - THE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTURE (Italy/US, 52 min)
3:10 PM THY NEIGHBOR (US, 75 min)

4:30 PM PANEL “Communities Between Homelessness and Extreme Wealth” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 11

5:30 PM A WEAVER’S GAZE (India,10 min)
5:50 PM WHO MOVES AMERICA (US, 87 min)

SESSION 12

7:30 PM SONGS THEY BURIED (Myanmar/US, 25 min)
8:05 PM ABSENCE (Canada/Iran/Sweden, 52 min)
9:05 PM SHOULDERING SANCTUARY (US, 86 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

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 13

4:00 PM A LONG WAY TO GO (Ghana/India/Philippines/UK/US, 52 min)
5:05 PM SAVING ETTING STREET (US, 85 min)

SESSION 14

6:40 PM HANGING BY A WIRE (Pakistan/UK/US, 78 min)
8:10 PM FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY COLLEGE (US, 105 min)

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
Stanford Medical School Alway Building
300 Pasteur Drive, Room Alway M106

SESSION 15

4:00 PM DREAM TOUCH BELIEVE (US, 85 min)
5:35 PM ADAPTED (US, 87 min)

7:05 PM PANEL "In Celebration of Human Resilience” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 16

8:05 PM LIMINAL (Ukraine/US, 22 min)
8:40 PM THE MISSION (Palestine, 88 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

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

UNAFF in Schools (FREE for Students and Teachers)

SESSION 17

3:15 PM CONSTELLATIONS OF THE SEA (Maldives/US, 21 min)
3:40 PM SAVING WALDEN’S WORLD (India/Slovenia/US, 56 min)

San Francisco
Delancey Screening Room,
600 Embarcadero

SESSION 18

7:00 PM BECOMING JAMES (US, 8 min)
7:15 PM SHUFFLE (US, 82 min)
8:45 PM NUNS VS VATICAN (Italy/Slovenia/UK/US, 90 min)

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 19

6:00 PM THE LEGACY OF THE DICTATOR - 50 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY IN SPAIN (France/Germany/Spain, 53 min)
7:00 PM WALKING THE CUBAN TIGHTROPE (Canada/Cuba, 52 min)
8:00 PM FAR FROM MAINE (Denmark/France/Hungary/Israel/Italy/Norway/Palestine/Switzerland/US, 99 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

Stanford University
Lane History Corner Building 200, Room 205,
450 Jane Stanford Way

SESSION 20

4:00 PM FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA (US, 37 min)
4:45 PM SEIZED (US, 94 min)

6:30 PM PANEL “Democracy, Ethics and Truth in the Time of AI” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 21

7:30 PM PUTIN AND THE 5 SEAS WAR (France/Russia, 53 min)
8:30 PM OUR COLORS NEVER FADE (Germany/Ukraine, 84 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

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 22

4:00 PM BETWEEN SKY AND SEA (Palestine, 22 min)
4:30 PM THE NARROW BRIDGE (Australia/Israel/Palestine/Spain, 56 min)

5:30 PM PANEL "In Search of Solutions During Wartime” (FREE Admission)

Stanford University
CEMEX Auditorium,
641 Knight Way

SESSION 23

6:30 PM STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! (US, 101 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 24

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 24

1:00 PM THE RIGHTEOUS ROAD TRIP (Hungary/Poland/Slovakia/UK/US, 40 min)
1:50 PM ALL OF THE ABOVE (US, 85 min)

SESSION 25

3:30 PM HEATHENS (US, 87 min)

5:10 PM PANEL "Different Faces of Religion” (FREE Admission)

SESSION 26

6:30 PM FORGETTING THE MANY: THE ROYAL PARDON OF ALAN TURING (UK/US, 81 min)
8:00 PM GIVE IT A SHOT (India/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

SUNDAY October 25

Palo Alto
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

SESSION 27

1:00 PM ONE IN A MILLION (Germany/Syria/UK/US, 104 min)

SESSION 28

2:50 PM BAMAKO CHIC: THREADS OF POWER, COLOR AND CULTURE (Mali/US, 27 min)
3:30 PM HOLLYWOOD DOES ABORTION (US, 97 min)

SESSION 29

5:20 PM YO (LOVE IS A REBELLIOUS BIRD) (US, 78 min)
6:50 PM IN THE COMPANY OF WOLVES: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY (US, 81min)

8:30 PM Awards Ceremony and Closing Night Reception sponsored by Coupa Café, Douce France, La Boheme and Terun 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.