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CAMERA AS WITNESS
Presents
22 United Nations Association Film Festival
nd
October 17-27, 2019
Stanford University • Palo Alto
East Palo Alto • San Francisco
unaff.org
Photo by Mark Hayes
proudly supports UNAFF and
congratulates the festival on 22 years of
promoting highest quality documentaries
ida member
22 YEARS OF PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH Founder and Executive Director
DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING Jasmina Bojic
become an UNAFF (UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL) CELEBRATES
GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENTARIES WITH 60 FILMS FROM ACROSS
THE GLOBE THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD.
Honorary Committee
Alec Baldwin
to support the vital work of
Jeff Bridges
7 WORLD PREMIERES AND 20 US PREMIERES TO BE SCREENED
OCTOBER 17-27 WITH THE THEME “SCALES OF JUSTICE”. Peter Coyote
OVER 60 FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL. Lolita Davidovich
William Draper III
Established in 1998 to honor the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, UNAFF has grown and earned the respect of audiences and filmmak- Danny Glover
documentary
ers alike for its fearless independence and integrity, in the process becoming one of Daryl Hannah
the oldest purely documentary film festivals in the US. In addition to providing early Gale Anne Hurd
outlets for films, many of which later went on to win major awards and accolades,
including Academy Awards, UNAFF prides itself in creating a community forum for Susan Sarandon
discovery and dialogue about different cultures, issues and solutions. John Savage
Erika Szanto
In its eleven days this year’s UNAFF will present documentaries from October 17-27,
storytellers and
spotlighting current events from all over the globe, from Afghanistan and China to Ted Turner
New Zealand, Syria, Tanzania and the US. Barbara Trent
Zucchero
Some of the topics covered by the films include the use of art and music as rehabilitation in prisons; two strong Native
American women, both judges, modeling restorative justice in action; a city’s campaign against loneliness of their
elderly citizens; how fast fashion is polluting our planet; an artist’s response to the Sonoma wildfires by repurposing Advisory Board
elevate your
the remains of his community; survivor stories from the Christchurch massacre, New Zealand’s worst terror attack; a Patrick Burt
viral campaign for gun control on a college campus; one man’s quest to counteract voter suppression in America; an
in-depth look at a town of an immigration detention center in Georgia; how time has become money; women’s rights Priscilla Connelly
and the confluence of religious belief and medical practice; a Baltimore child who experienced intermittent home- Juliette Feeney-Timsit
lessness but went on to become a world-class symphony musician and professor; the global antibiotics resistance Bob Filice
crisis; and being transgender in the military.
Dianne Griffin
nonfiction career
Facts are essential for the truth, truth is the basis of justice, and justice is the foundation of democracy. This year’s Ronny Hamed
theme SCALES OF JUSTICE continues the over two decades long celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Seth Horvitz
Rights, emphasizing the fight for justice and exploring possible paths emanating from it into the future.
Charles Junkerman
UNAFF is committed not only to presenting films, but also providing opportunities for audience members to engage Kameel Khan
in ongoing dialogue about the subjects at hand. In addition to 60 filmmakers available for Q&A, six FREE panel discus- Cathy Keys
sions will take place during the course of the festival covering prisons, immigration, ageing, gender, race, religion,
disability, creativity, health, technology and our planet. Dawn Kwan
Linda Lopez-Otero
UNAFF’s mission has expanded to broad, year-round programs that augment its reach. In addition to the annual film Mary Jane Marcus
festival, UNAFF organizes panel discussions, initiates programs that engage children, students, seniors, veterans,
hosts a traveling festival which keeps the films alive well beyond their initial festival showings and opens its doors to Betty Meissner
documentary film students and researchers. Misha Milojkovic
Relja Penezic
We hope that the variety of film programs and other related events during UNAFF 2019 will present you with a truly
grants, educational videos, fiscal exciting and memorable experience. We thank you all for your attendance, and with your support we hope to con-
tinue UNAFF and its programs throughout 2020.
David Rock
Jacque Rupp
Chris Scheerder
sponsorship, networking, and much Warmest regards,
Gayathri Thaikkendiyil
Maggie Wilde
more at documentary.org/membership Jasmina Bojic
Helen Young
Patience Young
Founder and Executive Director
UNAFF & UNAFF Traveling Film Festival
Recipient of the UNESCO Fellini Medal
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17
OPENING NIGHT FILMS A-Z
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
5:30 pm Sponsored by Coupa Café and Judy’s Breadsticks
Music by the Potential Jazz Ensemble
TOC SCREENINGS
Welcome 1 Mitchell Park Community Center
Opening & Closing Nights 2 3700 Middlefield Road 16 BARS ADVOCATE AFTER THE FIRE
Palo Alto Director: Samuel Bathrick Directors: Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche Directors/Producers: Derek Knowles and
Films A–Z 3–9 Producers: Adam Barton, Joe Lamont, Eric Michels Producers: Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche, Spencer Seibert
Schedule 10–11 6:30 pm Opening words by Palo Alto Mayor, Eric Filseth Paul Cadieux, Joëlle Bertossa
With the US locking up more of its citizens per cap- After the Fire follows residents of Sonoma Valley
Print Sources 14–15 7:00 pm THEY SAY I’M YOUR TEACHER (US, 8 min) ita than any other nation on the planet, the music Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from feminists as they struggle to find their places in a com-
Sponsors 16 of 16 Bars offers a rare glimpse at the human sto- to fundamentalists, from non-violent demonstra- munity that has been reshaped overnight by
7:20 pm AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY (China/US, 78 min) ries—and songs—that are locked away in our na- tors to armed militants. As a Jewish-Israeli lawyer the historic Northern California wildfires. It is an
Tickets 17 tion’s jails and prisons. In the jail’s makeshift record- who has represented political prisoners for nearly intimate look at what they’ve lost, what they’ve
8:50 pm PATRINELL: THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE (US, 94 min)
Special Thanks 18 ing studio, four men collaborate on an album with fifty years, Tsemel, in her tireless quest for justice, gained, and what happens next, after the fire.
a Grammy-winning recording artist, Todd “Speech” pushes the praxis of a human rights defender to (18 min) US
Venues 19 Thomas. As the creative process unfurls, each of its limits. (108 min) Israel/Palestine FRI OCT 25 4:15 PM SU - MED. ALWAY BLDG
these men must unearth painful memories, which MON OCT 21 8:10 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
hold a key to a new chapter in their lives.
(94 min) US
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 SAT OCT 19 2:20 PM PA - FUTURE INST
CLOSING NIGHT
SCREENING
Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road
AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY AY MARIPOSA BEHIND THE LABEL
Palo Alto Director: Cheryl Haines Director: Krista Schlyer Director: Katey Wilson
Producers: Cassandra Jabola, Christy McGill, Gina
6:00 pm INVIOLABLE – THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (Canada/China/ Leibrecht Ay Mariposa tells a story of La Mariposa, Zulema, The unsustainable business model of fast fashion
Germany/Guatemala/Indonesia/Kenya/Turkey, 89 min) Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly begins with the remarkable ex- and Marianna whose lives are upended by plans is polluting our planet, abusing its workers and fill-
co-presented with Silicon Valley Human Rights Watch hibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. The outspo- to build a US-Mexico border wall. As the director ing our clothes with hazardous chemicals. As con-
ken artist and activist transformed the former island of the National Butterfly Center, Marianna has be- sumers buy more and more clothes, the issue of
7:30 pm Awards Ceremony penitentiary of Alcatraz into an artistic platform. The come a leader of wall resistance, a position that has textile waste becomes a growing concern. What
resulting exhibition engaged nearly 900,000 visitors resulted in violent threats. Zulema, a life-long mi- happens to these cheap, disposable clothes when
in a conversation about the plight of prisoners of grant worker, immigrant and great grandmother, we no longer want them? A few “green campaigns”
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY conscience around the world. Some of the messages
from Alcatraz were getting through, and people had
has been an advocate for all migrants. Meanwhile
the butterfly, La Mariposa, fights its own daily bat-
from the big brands will not create the change that
is needed. How can consumers force brands to ac-
8:00 pm Sponsored by Coupa Café Music by The Potential Jazz Ensemble been moved—even sustained—by the public’s out- tle for survival where more than ninety-five percent cept accountability for this industry?
pouring of concern for their welfare and causes. of its habitat is long gone. (57 min) Mexico/US (24 min) Germany
(78 min) China/US SUN OCT 27 2:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK SAT OCT 26 7:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
THU OCT 17 7:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
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BEI BEI BREXIT. BACKSTAGE OF A DIVORCE BROKEN PLACES COUNCILWOMAN CREDIBLE FEAR DECADE OF FIRE
Directors: Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt Directors: Thomas Johnson and Eric Albert Director/Producer: Roger Weisberg Director: Margo Guernsey Directors: Caron Creighton, Walker Dawson Directors: Gretchen Hildebran, Vivian Vasquez
Producers: Galaxie Presse - Thierry Caillibot Producers: Patricia Benabe, Margo Guernsey Producers: Gretchen Hildebran, Neyda Martinez,
Bei Bei is a legal and political drama with two ex- Broken Places explores why some children are Credible Fear is a short documentary about Julia Steele Allen, Vivian Vasquez
traordinary women at its center: one, a Chinese im- For the first time a country is withdrawing from severely damaged by early adversity while oth- Carmen Castillo is a Dominican City councilwom- the struggle that West African asylum seekers Throughout the 1970’s, fires consumed the South
migrant charged with first degree murder and the the EU, with repercussions for the future of mil- ers are able to thrive. By revisiting some of the an who maintains her job cleaning hotel rooms go through on their way to the United States Bronx. Black and Puerto Rican residents were blamed
other, a successful white-collar lawyer who unwit- lions of Europeans. To understand this tragicom- abused and neglected children profiled decades as she takes on her new role in politics. She faces through Latin America. The film focuses on Sam for the devastation even as they battled daily to save
tingly finds herself defending a woman against le- edy, Franco-British director Thomas Johnson ago, we’re able to dramatically illustrate how skeptics who say she doesn’t have the education Kwesi, a Ghanaian asylum seeker who fled his their neighborhoods. Decade of Fire confronts the racial-
gally unprecedented charges. Linda and Bei Bei un- goes back to his family to understand the lies, early trauma shaped their lives as adults. Broken to govern, the power of corporate interests who country when his father was murdered in a reli- ly-charged stereotypes that dehumanized residents of
cover hidden political motives behind the case that fake news and the history that contributed to the Places interweaves these longitudinal narratives take a stand against her fight for a $15/hourly gious conflict. Sam is now in Louisiana, where he the South Bronx, and rationalized their abandonment
could affect many more women than just Bei Bei. Brexit. (70 min) France/UK with commentary from nationally renowned ex- wage in the City, and a tough re-election against is awaiting trial. by city, state and federal governments. Vázquez seeks
The film is an in depth look at how political, cultural SUN OCT 27 4:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK perts to help viewers understand the devastating two contenders—all of this while balancing the (21 min) Ghana/Guatemala/Mexico/US not only healing for her community, but to redeem
and legal forces can conspire to disrupt and wreck impact of childhood adversity as well as the in- challenges of managing a full-time job cleaning WED OCT 23 3:30 PM EPA - EASTSIDE them from the harmful mythology spread by the media
the lives of societies’ most vulnerable and marginal- spiring characteristics of resilience. (55 min) US hotel rooms. (55 min) US that has continued largely unchallenged to this day.
ized people. (77 min) China/Thailand/US SAT OCT 19 1:20 PM PA - FUTURE INST SUN OCT 20 4:15 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK (75 min) US
MON OCT 21 5:20 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK FRI OCT 25 4:45 PM SU - MED. ALWAY BLDG
BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM CAN ART STOP A BULLET: WILLIAM KELLY’S CHINA’S ARTFUL DISSIDENT FALSE CONFESSIONS THE FEMINISTER A GIRL FROM PARSIAN
Director: Chelsea Hernandez BIG PICTURE Director: Danny Ben-Moshe Director: Katrine Philip Director/Producer: Viktor Nordenskiöld Director: Parinaz Hashemi Mobarakeh
Producers: Marcy Garriott, Chelsea Hernandez, Director: Mark Street Producer: Fiona Cochrane Producer: Hamidreza Khoshnudi
Marisol Medrano The fear that gripped the world during the Cold On the 30th anniversary of the June 1989 Ti- Experts say that trained interrogators can get Incredible coverage of four years in the office of
Across Texas, an unstoppable construction boom drives War is creating a familiar chill again. Rational ananmen Square massacre, China’s Artful Dis- anybody to confess, and each year innumerable the Swedish foreign minister, Margot Wallström, This film is about some Iranian women living in a
urban sprawl and luxury high-rises. Its dirty secret: abuse voices are either ignored, mocked or attacked. sident presents a Chinese political artist in exile. American suspects do. Defense attorney Jane known for her fearless feminist agenda and small southern town who do their utmost efforts to
of immigrant labor. Grieving their son, a Mexican family These restraining voices are often the voices of Inspired by Tank Man—the lone protestor who Fisher-Byrialsen is determined to put an end to sharp, empathic mind. We witness her arduous achieve one of their prohibited rights and try to fight
campaigns for a life-and-death safety ordinance. A Sal- art. Why do oppressive governments first try to stared down a convoy of Red Army tanks in Ti- interrogation techniques that too often pres- negotiations with Saudi Arabia, Israel and North for it. ((20 min) Iran
vadorian electrician couple owed thousands in back pay silence artists? Can art temper violence when ananmen—the artist travels the globe meeting sure innocent people into false confessions that Korea, as well as a highly competitive campaign SUN OCT 27 12:50 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
fights for their children’s future. A bereaved son battles to politics and reason fails? Can art stop bullets? survivors and fellow dissidents who share pow- lead to prison cells. False Confessions looks at the for a seat in the UNSC, followed by a crash course
protect others from his family’s preventable tragedy. A Throughout his life, William Kelly has suspected erful first-hand testimonies. Like Banksy, the art- psychological aspect of why people confess to in keeping it cool in the face of death threats and
story of courage, resilience and community, the film re- that art has a profound ability to break through ist remains incognito, but unlike Banksy, his life crimes they have not committed and the conse- intimidation. (85 min) Sweden
veals shocking truths about the hardworking immigrants the vicious rage, that narrows minds, to create and that of his family are at stake, as the Chinese quences of these confessions. TUE OCT 22 8:50 PM SU - JORDAN HALL
who build the American Dream, from which they are ex- calming insights. (88 min) Australia/Ireland/South authorities close in on his identity. (91 min) Denmark/US
cluded. (73 min) El Salvador/Mexico/US Africa/US/Vietnam (58 min) Australia/China/France/US SUN OCT 20 9:15 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
SUN OCT 20 6:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK WED OCT 23 8:20 PM SF - NINTH STREET WED OCT 23 7:15 PM SF - NINTH STREET
CITIZEN CLARK… A LIFE OF PRINCIPLE COME AND TAKE IT A CONCERNED CITIZEN GOOD NEIGHBOURS HALF A SQUARE METER OF FREEDOM IGNIS
Director: Joseph Stillman Directors/Producers: PJ Raval, Ellen Spiro Director/Producer: Bo Boudart Director: Stella van Voorst van Beest Director: Inga Lavolé-Khavkina Director/Producer: Ashleigh McArthur
Producers: Jonathan Day, Nina DeMartini-Day, Frank Producer: Simone van den Broek
Serpico, Deborah Ziegler Come and Take It captures the transformation of a A feature documentary about Dr. Riki Ott, a What could drive men and women, locked up be- Ignis showcases the work of Gregory Roberts, an
young woman to leadership of America’s most irrever- whistleblower who predicted the Exxon Valdez Loneliness hides behind closed doors and around hind bars, to paint the portrait of their twin broth- artist transforming ash from the remains of homes
For the past fifty years, former US Attorney General and ent anti-gun violence movement called #CocksNot- oil spill hours before it happened. A toxicologist, every corner. But can you fight it without facing er or a field of flowers? Some of these artworks lost in Northern California’s devastating wildfires
Human Rights activist Ramsey Clark has challenged the Glocks. After concealed carry of handguns is legalized author and activist, Riki has been organizing the your own fear of death? When Rotterdam citizen can be quite disturbing as they reflect deeply into works of art. Along with oral testimony from
abuses of US power and championed numerous causes on the University of Texas campus, Jessica Jin posts Gulf Coast communities to recover from the BP Bep de Bruin is found dead in her home, lying what imprisonment does to a human being. Why survivors, Gregory’s unique ceramic pots - each
that have affected humanity. The film examines his clever humor on social media and with the help of a Deepwater Horizon disaster. She is also helping there unnoticed for ten years, the city is in shock. are these prisoners painting? Is it a therapy, a way containing ash from a family home - illustrate the
lifetime commitment to movements from Civil Rights, tight-knit group of young female students, a move- to spearhead the campaign with Ultimate Civics, How could this happen? Ada and her best friend to escape, a leisurely pastime? This art delves into myriad ways communities seek to rebuild following
to US wars, to incidents like the Parkland shooting. As a ment is born: The Great Texas Dildo Revolt. one that will introduce a Constitutional amend- Wilma decide to volunteer for the local govern- the profound recesses of the imagination and the natural disasters. (5 min) US
participant who helped to write the Civil Rights Acts of (25 min) US ment to end corporate personhood, and to re- ment’s response: a campaign against loneliness. soul, and, when exhibited, creates a bridge be- FRI OCT 25 4:00 PM SU - MED. ALWAY BLDG
1964 & 1968 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Ramsey FRI OCT 18 8:15 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK form campaign finance and contributions. They go door to door to check in on elderly citi- tween prisoners and society.
Clark’s life has been a steadfast example of a truth (40 min) US zens, looking for lonely people that fit the profile (61 min) France/Germany
seeker on a mission to expose the facts. (95 min) US TUE OCT 22 8:00 PM SU - JORDAN HALL and need help. (82 min) Netherlands SUN OCT 20 8:05 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
FRI OCT 18 9:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK TUE OCT 22 4:50 PM SU - JORDAN HALL
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IN THE LAND OF MY ANCESTORS INVIOLABLE—THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS KIFARU MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN THREE MOSUL AFTER THE WAR ONCE WAS WATER
Director/Producer: Rucha Chitnis Director: Angela Andersen, Producer: Kay Siering Director: David Hambridge MOVEMENTS Director/Producer: Anne Poiret Director: Christopher Beaver
Producer: Andrew Harrison Brown Director: Irene Taylor Brodsky Producers: Christopher Beaver, Diana Fuller
Ohlone people are not federally recognized as Inviolable—The Fight for Human Rights takes stock sev- Producers: Tahria Sheather, Irene Taylor Brodsky On July 10th 2017, Mosul, the second largest city
indigenous nations in the San Francisco Bay enty years after the Declaration for Human Rights was Kifaru is a feature-length documentary that follows in Iraq, was liberated from ISIS after nine months There is no easy solution for our overconsumption
Area. During the Gold Rush, there were bounties written. Do countries value what has been a great vi- the lives of two young Kenyan recruits who join Ol 11-year-old Jonas, who has cochlear implants, is of fighting. The most significant urban battle since of freshwater, a resource long mistakenly thought
on the heads of California Natives. This govern- sion after World War II? The film shows people who are Pejeta Conservancy’s rhino caretaker unit—a small discovering a profound world of hearing—and the Second World War led to freedom for this city to be infinitely renewable. There is no easy exit from
ment sanctioned killing and diseases killed near- affected by the actions of their governments or corpo- group of rangers that protect and care for Sudan, the music. As Jonas learns the first movement of of two million from the oppressive hands of the Is- drought and pollution. Once Was Water presents a
ly ninety percent of California Natives. Ann Marie rations but tirelessly fighting for human rights. Portray- last male northern white rhino in the world. Spanning Beethoven’s iconic sonata on the piano, his grand- lamic State. Through key figures, the director doc- very particular situation existing in a unique terrain
used the Indian Allotment Act to reclaim her an- ing a nurse in Africa, a student leader in Hong Kong, an over the course of the caretakers first four years on parents, deaf for nearly eighty years, watch with umented the difficulties faced by the population that will focus on innovative solutions to serve as
cestral land in the Indian Canyon in Hollister, CA. environmental activist in Central America, a blind bare- the job, Kifaru allows viewers to intimately experience awe what time and technology have bestowed of Mosul, the laxity of the Iraqi administration, the models in other parts of the world. (53 min) US
(9 min) US foot lawyer from China, a journalist in Istanbul - these the joys and pitfalls of wildlife conservation firsthand their grandson. But when Jonas struggles with concerns of the international community and the SAT OCT 26 2:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
SAT OCT 26 4:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK people give hope that the fight, if not yet won, is worth through the eyes of these Kenyan rhino caretakers the sound of his mistakes, Beethoven’s own musi- danger of ISIS’ return. (60 min) France/Iraq
the struggle. (89 min) Canada/China/Greece/Guatemala/ who witness extinction happening in real-time. cal journey comes to life in an animated world of FRI OCT 18 4:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
Germany/Indonesia/Kenya/Turkey (81 min) Kenya/US watercolor and haunting soundscapes. (90 min) US
SUN OCT 27 6:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK FRI OCT 25 8:10 PM SU - MED. ALWAY BLDG THU OCT 24 5:15 PM SU - MED. LI KA SHING
THE LAST PRAYER LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE LET MY PEOPLE VOTE THE OTHER BORDER OUT OF PLASTIC PATRINELL: THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE
Director: Ali Mustafa (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) Director: Gilda Ann Brasch Director/Producer: Justin Zimmerman Director: Line Hadsbjerg Directors/Producers: Andrew Elizaga, Tia Young
Producers: Nicholas Davies-Jones, Serkan Sami Director: Carol Dysinger Producers: Philipp Baier, Line Hadsbjerg
Darende This is the story of one man, Desmond Meade, High school student Gerardo Hernandez—raised Rev. Patrinell “Pat” Staten Wright, an extraordi-
Skateistan recruits kids from impoverished trying to get voting rights back for all. Filmed in in the US since six months of age—was one of Set in the Balearic Islands, Out of Plastic offers narily gifted African-American gospel singer who
The Last Prayer documents stories of survival and neighborhoods and teaches them education and Tampa, two days before the 2016 presidential over one-hundred undocumented workers ar- viewers a moment to reflect on the profound grew up in the segregated South, strives to main-
loss in New Zealand’s worst terrorist attack in life skills, so they can return to, or join, the pub- election. It’s Sunday, “Souls to the Polls,” the last rested by ICE in Ohio on June 5th, 2018. Gerardo presence of plastic in our lives and in our natu- tain the world-famous Total Experience Gospel
which fifty worshipers, gathered at two mosques lic school system and get a fair start in life. For day of early voting. Desmond is canvassing door spent almost two months in prison before being ral environment. The film offers sweeping land- Choir that she has directed for forty-five years in
in the quaint city of Christchurch, were killed just girls, the chance to skateboard presents a unique to door, assisting people in voting—something released and is now scheduled to be deported in scapes and mystic ocean depths—the point- the rapidly changing, historically black neighbor-
before Friday prayers on March 15, 2019. The Last experience—to compete, to play, to learn their our “forefathers marched and died for.” What be- early 2020. The Other Border is his American story, of-encounter between man and nature—and hood of Seattle’s Central District. This is the true
Prayer includes firsthand accounts of the attack strengths and to gain courage. The film follows gins as an upbeat day of faith in our democratic told through intimate interviews with Gerardo and intends to demonstrate how our over consump- story of one woman’s journey to share faith and
and the response to the tragedy that united a a class of girls as they grow through the joy of process ends with a heartbreaking realization. his sister, Karime, shot exclusively on 8mm and tion of single-use plastic has tipped the scales. create community through music. (94 min) US
country against hatred. (22 min) Afghanistan/New skateboarding and the warmth of the women (18 min) US 16mm film. (5 min) US (19 min) Spain THU OCT 17 8:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
Zealand/Pakistan/Turkey who teach them. (40 min) Afghanistan/US SUN OCT 27 4:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK WED OCT 23 7:00 PM SF - NINTH STREET SAT OCT 26 1:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
FRI OCT 18 7:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK SUN OCT 27 1:20 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
LIFTED LUMPKIN, GA MASSACRE RIVER PROJECT MOSUL R.A.W. TUBA RESISTANCE FIGHTERS—THE GLOBAL
Director/Producer: Miquel Galofré Director/Producer: Nicholas Manting Brewer Director/Producer: Suzan Bereza Director/Producer: Joosung Kwon Directors/Producers: Darren Durlach, David Larson ANTIBIOTICS CRISIS
Executive Producer: Abigail Disney Director/Producer: Michael Wech
Set against frank conversation about diversity in Lumpkin, GA explores the experience of one small Shortly after the destruction of the Mosul As a child, Richard Antoine White (R.A.W.) slept
Trinidad and Tobago, Lifted follows a day in the town in rural Georgia, next-door to one of the larg- Massacre River takes place in the Dominican Re- Museum by the Islamic State, two computer wherever he could, sometimes in abandoned row Each year, 700,000 people worldwide are killed
lives of a refugee family as they journey to a Moko est immigration detention centers in the country, public and Haiti, two ethnically and culturally programmers rally an international crowdsourc- homes where he was chewed on by rats during his by multi-resistant bacteria. These are microbes
Jumbie (stilt-walking) class. Stewart Detention Center. Through interviews with distinct countries that have been forced to share ing effort to create digital 3D replicas of the lost sleep. Now in his 40s, he still has those scars across which cannot be wiped out by any antibiotic. Ac-
(25 min) Trinidad and Tobago/Venezuela town residents, local officials, an immigration lawyer an island since colonial times. The story follows heritage. (9 min) Iraq/UK his abdomen. Despite enormous challenges, he cording to a recent study, this death toll could
SAT OCT 19 7:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK in town, and families of detainees, a portrait of the Pikilina, a Dominican-born woman of Haitian FRI OCT 18 5:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK went on to become the first African American in rise by factor ten by the year 2050. Anti-microbi-
physical and economic isolation our country’s immi- descent, and her family. Racial and political vio- the world to receive a doctorate in music for tuba al resistant bacteria would then be the number
gration policy begins to emerge. ((24 min) US lence erupt when the country of her birth, the performance. (29 min) US one cause of death. This a science-thriller about
SUN OCT 20 1:30 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK Dominican Republic, reverses its birthright citi- SUN OCT 27 2:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK how negligence, greed and short-sightedness
zenship law and she is left stateless, along with has rendered the lifesaving effects of antibiotics
over 200,000 others. powerless. (100 min) Germany/India/US
(56 min) Dominican Republic/Haiti THU OCT 24 8:45 PM SU - MED. LI KA SHIN
SUN OCT 20 5:20 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
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SCARS THE SUN ON TOP OF THE HOUSE TASH THE VALLEY WAKING DREAM WE ARE IN THE FIELD
Director/Producer: Didier Cros Director/Producer: Farhan Umedaly Directors/Producers: Natasha Anderson, Amelia Director: Nuno Escudeiro Director: Theo Rigby Director: Gabriel Diamond
Phillips Producers: Valerio B. Moser, Luc Martin-Gousset, Producers: Rebekah Fergusson, Theo Rigby Producers: Vika Golovanova, Gary Kreitzer
Are you afraid to look at a different face? Scars The indigenous Haida have lived on Haida Gwaii Andreas Pichler
tells the tale of men and women that we look at since time began. With European exploration came Tash’s first memory is of family violence. It was her High in the French Alps, on the border between Waking Dream weaves together the stories of Manoj Gautam, a 26-year-old Nepalese man’s pas-
with difficulty. They are our fellows, but at the the demise of their people and indigenous ways father pushing her mother against the kitchen Italy and France, migrants fleeing war, political per- six undocumented young people as they sit in sionate quest to protect animals and wildlife from
same time we observe them from the corner of of life along with the island’s dependency on die- stove. She was two or three years old. This is Tash’s secution and poverty risk their lives in the hope of limbo between deportation and a path to citizen- cruelty and extinction. As a child he was inspired
the eye. This film gives voice to the destroyed sel fuel for electricity. This is the powerful story of story, illustrated and told by her. (6 min) Australia a better life crossing dangerous mountain routes. ship. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arriv- by the work of Jane Goodall, and has since be-
faces, malformed figures from birth and faces how the Haida have taken back control of their sa- SAT OCT 19 1:00 PM PA - FUTURE INST Witnessing the migrants’ suffering and dismay, the als) has provided nearly 800,000 undocumented come her close friend and protégé. He found-
ravaged by the accidents of life. How does one cred lands and become leaders in renewable en- local population of the Roya Valley has taken action young people a chance to work legally, go to col- ed Nepal’s first wildlife rescue and rehabilitation
live under the weight of difference? ergy with the unveiling of The Sun on Top of the to provide them with shelter, food and legal coun- lege, start businesses, and pursue the “American center and Roots & Shoots branch. With mini-
(66 min) France House—British Columbia’s largest community solar seling. Nonetheless, in France, the transporting or Dream.” (52 min) Mexico/US mal resources and no formal training he’s creat-
THU OCT 24 4:00 PM SU - MED. LI KA SHING project. (14 min) Canada hosting of undocumented migrants is a criminal of- WED OCT 23 4:00 PM EPA - EASTSIDE ing a network of allies across the country, busting
SAT OCT 26 1:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK fense, and the population has soon found itself on smugglers, protecting fragile ecosystems, and res-
the wrong side of the law. (75 min) France/Italy cuing abused animals. (30 min) Nepal
SAT OCT 19 7:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK FRI OCT 25 7:30 PM SU - MED. ALWAY BLDG
THEY SAY I’M YOUR TEACHER THIS BEING HUMAN TIME THIEVES WHAT HAPPENED TO DUJUAN ARMSTRONG? WHO KILLED LT. VAN DORN? WHY ARE WE CREATIVE: THE CENTIPEDE’S
Director: Catherine Murphy Director: Aimie Vallat, Guido Ronge Director: Cosima Dannoritzer Director/Producer: Lucas Gullkey Director: Zachary Stauffer DILEMMA
Producers: Lucy Phenix, Catherine Murphy Producer: Aimie Vallat Producers: Carles Brugueras, Christian Popp, Producer: Jason Paladino, Zachary Stauffer Director: Hermann Vaske
Marieke van den Bersselaar When a young man mysteriously dies in a Bay Producers: Charles V. Bender, Hermann Vaske
Part of the Literacy Campaign in the United States A modern hero’s journey; a child of war runs the Forget water, oil and rare earths—there is a new re- Area jail, his mother begins a determined quest to Lt. Wes Van Dorn, a 29-year-old US Naval Academy
during and after the Civil Rights Movement, They race of his life and knocks on the door of refuge. source everyone wants: our time. Time Thieves reveals find out what happened to him, but quickly runs graduate and married father of two young sons, died For over thirty years, director Hermann Vaske
Say I’m Your Teacher is structured from the interview Supplicating for entrance, and turned away twice in how companies monetize our time without our knowl- into the opaque and powerful position of Ameri- when the helicopter he was piloting crashed off the filmed the world’s most intriguing artists and
footage from 1985 film You Got To Move. Turkey, finally, Hameed is granted United Nations- edge and how the social networks have, in their own can sheriffs. (27 min) US coast of Virginia during a 2014 training exercise. His thinkers posing the question: “Why are you cre-
(8 min) US guaranteed safe passage to the USA. He lands in words, become ‘ the new clockmakers’. Who hasn’t MON OCT 21 4:40 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK wife Nicole sought an explanation for the cause of the ative?” Vaske’s subjects include: David Bowie,
THU OCT 17 6:45 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK Seattle where, after eight years of no education in spent hours assembling a piece of furniture, or strug- disaster, spurring an investigation that uncovered a Björk, Wim Wenders, Yoko Ono, David Lynch, Yo-
Iraq, he gains speed with access to resources and gled with an automatic cashier? How time has become history of negligence and institutional failings around hji Yamamoto, Angelina Jolie, Quentin Taranti-
the classroom. It seems insurmountable, he en- money, how the clock has taken over both our working the 53E helicopter—the model Van Dorn was pilot- no, Bono, Nick Cave, Stephen Hawkins, the Da-
counters adversity and challenge, as he acceler- and personal lives, and how we can claim back control ing, and the deadliest aircraft in the US military. lai Lama, Peter Ustinov, Marina Abramovic and
ates towards higher education and loftier altruistic over this precious but finite resource. (80 min) US many others. (82 min) Germany
dreams. (13 min) Iraq/US (84 min) France/Japan/Netherlands/Spain/UK/USA FRI OCT 18 6:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK SAT OCT 19 5:00 PM PA - PACIFIC ART
SUN OCT 20 1:00 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK SAT OCT 26 8:10 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
TRANSMILITARY TRIBAL JUSTICE UNSETTLED: SEEKING REFUGE IN AMERICA WOMEN OF THE GULAG WORLD CITY ZULFA AND ABDULI WALK TO SCHOOL
Directors: Fiona Dawson, Gabriel Silverman Director: Anne A Makepeace Director: Tom Shepard Director: Marianna Yarovskaya Director/Producer: Antarès Bassis Director: Guillaume Balois
Producers: James Connolly, Jamie Couglin, Sarah Producers: Anne A Makepeace, Ruth Cowan Producers: Jen Gilomen, Tom Shepard Producers: Mitchell Block, Mark Jonathan Harris, Producer: Zanzifilms, Modi Peru, Kukua Zanzibar
Kate Ellis, Amy Nauiokas, Vinay Singh, Zeke Stokes Paul Roderick Gregory, Marianna Yarovskaya What happens when a utopian architect sees the
Two Native American judges reach back to tradi- Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America follows the birth of a city when no one else does? At least It is a story of two children on their daily journey
TransMilitary chronicles the lives of four individuals tional concepts of justice in order to reduce in- stories of LGBT refugees and asylum seekers from Women of the Gulag features six women in their not the French State, nor migrants themselves. to school, portraying not only the dangers on the
defending their country’s freedom while fighting for carceration rates, foster greater safety for their Africa and the Middle East as they flee persecution eighties and nineties as they tell their stories of What inspiration can build up to a very strong road, which include young children hitch hiking
their own. They put their careers and their families’ live- communities, and create a more positive future in their countries of origin to seek better and safer survival while going about their daily lives in re- desire to change the world, when the emergency and dodging dangerous traffic, but also aims to
lihoods on the line by coming out as transgender to for their youth. By addressing the root causes of lives in the US. mote Urals villages, in break-away Sukhumi, or in situation holds all cards? In the North of France give the audience a view into the daily home and
top brass officials in hopes of attaining the equal right crime, they are providing models of restorative (84 min) Angola/Congo/Syria/Turkey/US Moscow suburbs. Their only hesitancy to speak city of Grande-Synthe, an architect, a mayor, school life of children living on this African Islamic
to serve. The ban was lifted in 2016, but with President justice that are working. Mainstream courts across SAT OCT 19 9:10 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK out relates to sexual violence, about which they and a group of refugees are experimenting the island. Kukua Community Projects in East Africa
Trump their futures hang in the balance again. Around the country are taking notice. (87 min) US would only hint. (40 min) Russia world-city of the future. (52 min) France was founded in the Zanzibar village of Jambiani by
15,500 transgender people serve in the US military SAT OCT 26 4:50 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK TUE OCT 22 4:00 PM SU - JORDAN HALL SUN OCT 20 2:10 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK a group of teachers and social workers in response
where they must conceal their gender identity be- to the alarming rate of traffic-related injuries and fa-
cause military policies ban their service. (93min) US talities of children in the area. (8 min) Tanzania
MON OCT 21 7:15 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK SUN OCT 27 12:35 PM PA - MITCHELL PARK
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THURSDAY 10.17 FRIDAY 10.18 SATURDAY 10.19 SUNDAY 10.20 MONDAY 10.21 TUESDAY 10.22
Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center, Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center, Palo Alto, Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center, Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center, Stanford University, Jordan Hall, Building 420,
3700 Middlefield Road 3700 Middlefield Road 201 Hamilton Street 3700 Middlefield Road 3700 Middlefield Road Main Quad
Session 1 Session 2 Session 4 Session 7 Session 10 Session 12
7:00 PM THEY SAY I’M YOUR TEACHER 4:30 PM MOSUL AFTER THE WAR 12:30 PM Reception with the filmmakers 1:00 PM THIS BEING HUMAN (Iraq/US, 13min 4:40 PM WHAT HAPPENED TO DUJUAN 4:00 PM WOMEN OF THE GULAG
(US, 8 min) (France/Iraq, 60 min) 1:00 PM TASH (Australia, 6 min) 1:30 PM LUMPKIN, GA (US, 24 min) ARMSTRONG? (US, 27 min) (Russia, 40 min)
7:20 PM AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY 5:40 PM PROJECT MOSUL (Iraq/UK, 9 min) 1:20 PM BROKEN PLACES US, 55 min) 2:10 PM WORLD CITY (France, 52 min) 5:20 PM BEI BEI (China/Thailand/US, 77min) 4:50 PM GOOD NEIGHBOURS
(China/US, 78 min) 6:00 PM WHO KILLED LT. VAN DORN? 2:20 PM 16 BARS (US, 94 min) 3:15 PM Panel “Rights and Responsibilities” (Netherlands, 82 min)
8:50 PM PATRINELL: THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE (US, 80min) 4:00 PM Panel “The Role of Prisons in Our Justice (FREE Admission) Session 11 6:20 PM Panel “The Wisdom of Ageing”
(US, 94 min) System” (FREE Admission) 7:15 PM TRANSMILITARY (US, 93 min) (FREE Admission)
Session 3 Session 8 8:45 PM ADVOCATE (Israel/Palestine, 108 min)
8:00 PM THE LAST PRAYER (Afghanistan/New Session 5 4:15 PM COUNCILWOMAN (US, 55 min) Session 13
Zealand/Pakistan/Turkey, 22 min) Palo Alto, Pacific Art League Gallery, 5:20 PM MASSACRE RIVER 7:30 PM Reception with the filmmakers
8:30 PM COME AND TAKE IT (US, 25 min) 668 Ramona Street (Dominican Republic/Haiti, 56 min) 8:00 PM A CONCERNED CITIZEN (US, 40 min)
9:10 PM CITIZEN CLARK… A LIFE OF PRINCIPLE 6:30 PM BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM 8:50 PM THE FEMINISTER (Sweden, 85 min)
(US, 95 min) 5:00 PM WHY ARE WE CREATIVE: THE CENTIPEDE’S (El Salvador/Mexico/US, 73 min)
DILEMMA (Germany, 82 min)
Session 9
Session 6 8:05 PM HALF A SQUARE METER OF FREEDOM
Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center, (France/Germany, 61 min)
3700 Middlefield Road 9:15 PM FALSE CONFESSIONS
(Denmark/US, 91 min)
7:00 PM LIFTED (Trinidad and Tobago/
Venezuela, 25min)
7:40 PM THE VALLEY (France/Italy 75min)
9:10 PM UNSETTLED: SEEKING REFUGE IN
AMERICA (Angola/Congo/Syria/Turkey/
US, 84min)
WEDNESDAY 10.23 THURSDAY 10.24 FRIDAY 10.25 SATURDAY 10.26 SUNDAY 10.27
East Palo Alto, Eastside College Preparatory Stanford University, Li Ka Shing Center, Stanford University, Stanford Medical School, Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center, Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center,
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Teachers) 5:15 PM MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN 4:00 PM IGNIS (US, 5 min) (Canada, 14 min) 12:30 PM Welcome Kids and Parents –
3:30 PM CREDIBLE FEAR (US, 21 min) THREE MOVEMENTS (US, 90 min) 4:15 PM AFTER THE FIRE (US, 20 min) 1:30 PM OUT OF PLASTIC (Spain, 19 min) Play with UNAFF!
4:00 PM WAKING DREAM (Mexico/US, 52 min) 6:45 PM Panel “Creativity and Disability” 4:45 PM DECADE OF FIRE (US, 75 min) 2:00 PM ONCE WAS WATER (US, 53 min) 12:35 PM ZULFA AND ABDULL WALK TO SCHOOL
5:00 PM Panel “Crossing Borders – Dignity and (FREE Admission) 6:00 PM Panel “Environment, Health and 3:00 PM Panel “Recuperating Our Planet” (Tanzania, 8 min)
Fear” (FREE Admission) Technology” (FREE Admission) (FREE Admission) 12:50 PM A GIRL FROM PARSIAN (Iran, 20 min)
Session 17 1:20 PM LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A
Session 15 7:45 PM Reception with the filmmakers Session 19 Session 21 WARZONE (Afghanistan/US, 40 min)
San Francisco, Ninth Street Independent Film 8:45 PM RESISTANCE FIGHTERS—THE GLOBAL 7:00 PM Reception with the filmmakers 4:30 PM IN THE LAND OF MY ANCESTORS
Center, 145 Ninth Street ANTIBIOTICS CRISIS 7:30 PM WE ARE IN THE FIELD (Nepal, 30 min) (US, 9 min) Session 24
6:30 PM Reception with the filmmakers (Germany/India/US,100 min) 8:10 PM KIFARU (Kenya/US, 81 min) 4:50 PM TRIBAL JUSTICE (US, 87 min) 2:00 PM R.A.W. TUBA (US, 29 min)
7:00 PM THE OTHER BORDER (US, 5 min) 2:40 PM AY MARIPOSA (US, 57 min)
7:15 PM CHINA’S ARTFUL DISSIDENT Session 22
(Australia/China/France/US, 58min) 7:30 PM BEHIND THE LABEL (Germany, 24 min) Session 25
8:20 PM CAN ART STOP A BULLET: WILLIAM 8:10 PM TIME THIEVES (France/Japan/ 4:00 PM LET MY PEOPLE VOTE (US,18 min)
KELLY’S BIG PICTURE Netherlands/Spain/UK/US, 84 min) 4:30 PM BREXIT, BACKSTAGE OF A DIVORCE
(Australia/Ireland/South Africa/US/ (France/UK 70 min)
Vietnam, 88 min)
Session 26
6:00 PM INVIOLABLE – THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS (Canada/China/Germany/
Guatemala/Indonesia/Kenya/Turkey, 89 min)
co-presented with Silicon Valley Human
Rights Watch
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tive response from our audience and THEY SAY I’M YOUR TEACHER why-are-we-creative
the media, we continue with year BROKEN PLACES GOOD NEIGHBOURS MOONLIGHT SONATA: DEAFNESS IN e: catherine@theliteracyproject.org
round screenings through our UNAFF e: pppinfo@pppdocs.com e: stellav@xs4all.nl THREE MOVEMENTS w: www.theliteracyproject.org WOMEN OF THE GULAG
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Traveling Film Festival, which has
w: www.moonlightsonatadoc.com THIS BEING HUMAN w: womenofthegulag.com
taken place in San Francisco, Berkeley, BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM HALF A SQUARE METER OF FREEDOM e: aimievallat@gmail.com
Monterey, Santa Cruz, Davis, e: chelsea@pandabearfilms.com e: bruno.lavole@poirierfilms.com MOSUL AFTER THE WAR w: thisbeinghumanfilm.com WORLD CITY
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Diego, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt CAN ART STOP A BULLET: WILLIAM IGNIS e: info@polarstarfilms.com la-ville-monde-the-world-city
Lake City, Honolulu, Philadelphia, KELLY’S BIG PICTURE e: aemcarth@stanford.edu ONCE WAS WATER w: www.timethievesfilm.com
Chicago, Washington DC, New York, e: info@f-reel.com w: art.stanford.edu/works/ignis e: dianafuller114@yahoo.com ZULFA AND ABDULL WALK TO SCHOOL
Burlington, Bellevue, Miami, La w: www.kellysbigpicture.com w: www.oncewaswater.org TRANSMILITARY e: info@kukuaproject.com and jenpro@
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291 Campus Drive, 668 Ramona St, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Nancy Coupal Katsiaryna Khatseyeva Catherine O’Brien Valerie Stinson VENUES Stanford, CA 94305 SAN FRANCISCO (SF)
Christine and Frank Currie Alaee Khashayar Rachel Bowen Pittman David M H Tan EPA-EASTSIDE
David D’Arcy Simon Kilmurry Stuyvie Pyne Matthew Tiews
SU-MEDICAL SCHOOL
Alway Building,
VENUES Eastside College Preparatory School Theater
1041 Myrtle Street, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
David Demarest Shelly Kosak Bisera Rakicevic Gayathri Thaikkendiyi Room Alway M106
300 Pasteur Drive SF-NINTH STREET
Bill Dimitri Snezhana Kozhuharova Janice Rensch Mimi Wai Stanford, CA 94304 Ninth Street Independent Film Center
Caitlyn Dour Wanda Kownacki David Rock Jane Wales 145 9th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Harry Elam Jan Krawitz Susan Rohani Xavier Webb
Claude Ezran Raj Krishna Mercedes Roman Elayne P Weissler-Martello
Diana Farid Karen Larsen Kathy Rose Maggie Wilde
Yoanna Federici Catherine Little Perryn Reis Rowland Sura Wood
22nd UNAFF Headquarters at Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St, Palo Alto
Sumit Garg Pat Marino Jacque Rupp Helen Young
Headquarter hours: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM (contact person Mariana Price at mariana@unaff.org)
George Geevargis Jamie Meltzer Robert Russell Patience Young
Alison de Geus
UNAFF 2019 Trailer:
Director/Producer: Jasmina Bojic; Editor: Rey Penezic; Music: Sutekh
UNAFF 2019 Trailer before the Trailer: Rey Penezic
UNAFF Publicist: Meghan Hurder • Graphic/Program Design: Rey Penezic • Web Design: Seth Horvitz •
Associate Director: Chris Scheerder • Filmmaker Coordinator: Mariana Price • Sponsorship Coordinator: Lívia Campos
de Menezes • Stanford Sponsorship Coordinator: Dawn Kwan • Partners Coordinator: Kathy Rose • CFE Coordinator:
Linda Lopez-Otero • Outreach Coordinators: Linda Lopez-Otero and Ronny Hamed • Programming Assistants CAW/
UNAFF: Peyton Limoges and Ines Melo • Jury Coordinators: Maggie Wilde and Priya Chandraker • Volunteer
Coordinator: Maggie Wilde • Tech Manager: Bill Dimitri
Jasmina Bojic
UNAFF Founder and Executive Director
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