UNAFF 2008 Program Schedule BLUE PLANET GREEN PLANET

SUNDAY October 19
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
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)  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