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October 19-26: 11th United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) in Palo Alto, CA

We are delighted to announce the 11th United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF), originally conceived to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was created with the help of members of the Stanford Film Society and United Nations Association Midpeninsula Chapter, a grassroots, community-based, nonprofit organization, and has continued to grow ever since. The 11th UNAFF will be held from October 19-26, 2008 at Stanford University including screenings in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and San Francisco.

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 11th annual United Nations Association Film Festival has chosen the theme BLUE PLANET, GREEN PLANET to reflect the myriad of problems we encounter living on our 'Blue Planet' and to seek awareness and solutions--through film--to better our lives and become a 'Green Planet.'

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:
co-presented with San Francisco International Film Festival

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)

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

Starts	10/19/2008
Ends	10/26/2008
Issues	Economic Justice, Environment, Family & Society, Gay/Lesbian, Gender/Women, Health/Health Advocacy, Human Rights, Immigration, International, Media, Politics/Government, Racial Justice, Religious Freedom, Youth
Homepage	www.unaff.org
Contact	info@uanff.org