UNAFF 2008 Program Schedule BLUE PLANET GREEN PLANET
SUNDAY October 19 I
Palo Alto, Aquarius Theatre
430 Emerson Street
Opening Night sponsored by Evvia
I session:
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) co-presented with San Francisco International Film Festival
MONDAY October 20 I
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 I
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 I
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) 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
21.10.2008 | Editor's blog
Cat. : Afghanistan Argentina Association Film Festival Association of American Universities Bolivia Brazil California Canada Chile China Congo Croatia Denmark Ecuador Egypt Emerson StreetOpening Entertainment Entertainment Film Festival Finland France Galapagos Geography of California Germany India Iraq Israel Italy JAMES ORBINSKI Japan Lebanon Liberia Mexico Netherlands Nigeria North Korea Pakistan Palestinian Territories Palo Alto Palo Alto, California PM Russia Rwanda San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Somalia South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Stanford University Stanford University Sudan Switzerland Towns Tree of Life United Kingdom United States Vietnam WE CAN