Join us for the United Nations Association Film Festival 2024!

Schedule of Events:

Thursday October 17

Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 1
5:30 Pm Opening Night Reception – Sponsored By Coupa Café And Terun Music By Potential Jazz Ensemble
6:00 Pm Opening Words By Palo Alto Mayor,Greer Stone
6:30 Pm Matthew Modine’s Ripple Effect (Us, 8 Min)
6:40 Pm Water For Life (Chile/El Salvador/Honduras/Us, 91 Min)
8:30 Pm Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari (Italy, 100 Min)

Friday October 18

Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 2
4:10 Pm Radio Dadaab (Kenya/Uk, 25 Min)
4:45 Pm The Day Iceland Stood Still (Iceland/Us, 52 Min)
5:45 Pm An Open Door - Temple Grandin (Us, 60 Min)

Session 3
7:10 Pm Loud Enough - Surviving Justice (Us, 61 Min)
8:20 Pm Norma (France/Mexico, 67 Min)

Saturday October 19

Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 4 Unaff & Kids Program (Free Admission)
1:00 Pm A Divine Journey (Kenya/Malawi/Us, 24 Min)
1:30 Pm Cinema Is A Journey (Guatemala, 60 Min)

Session 5
2:50 Pm Fighting Back (Us, 11 Min)
3:10 Pm Joymakers (Serbia, 46 Min)
4:10 Pm Children Of Las Brisas (Venezuela, 82 Min)

Session 6
6:30 Pm Hollywoodgate (Afghanistan/Egypt, 89 Min)
8:10 Pm Ithaka (Australia/Uk, 106 Min)

Sunday, October 20

Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 7
1:00 Pm The Bird Rescue Center (Us, 13 Min)
1:20 Pm Giants Rising (Us, 82 Min)
2:50 Pm Panel "Environment Under Siege” (Free Admission)

Session 8
4:05 Pm Change Makers: The Global Race To Save Our Seas (Australia/Uk/Us, 15 Min)
4:30 Pm The Light Of Women (France/Senegal, 76 Min)

Session 9
6:30 Pm First We Bombed New Mexico (Us, 95 Min)
8:15 Pm Sugarcane (Canada/Us, 107 Min)

Monday October 21

Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 10
4:10 Pm Judging Juries (Us, 24 Min)
4:40 Pm A Double Life (France/Us, 84 Min)
6:10 Pm Panel "Freedom And Justice” (Free Admission)

Session 11
7:20 Pm Mediha (Iraq/Syria/Turkey/Us, 87 Min)
9:00 Pm The Strike (Us, 85 Min)

Tuesday October 22

Session 12
East Palo Alto, Eastside College Preparatory School,
Eastside Theater, 1041 Myrtle Street
Unaff In Schools (Free For Students And Teachers)
3:10 Pm Shadow People (Honduras/Spain/Us, 9 Min)
3:30 Pm Ultimate Citizens (Iran/Us, 39 Min)
4:20 Pm Journeys Of Black Mathematicians (Us, 59 Min)

Session 13
Stanford University, Stanford Medical School, Lkc Room 203/204
4:00 Pm Imelda Is Not Alone (El Salvador, 30 Min)
4:40 Pm Yours In Freedom, Bill Baird (Us, 100 Min)

Session 14
Stanford University, Stanford Medical School, Lkc Room 120
6:30 Pm Panel "Addressing Health Crises” (Free Admission)
7:30 Pm American Delivery (Us, 85 Min)
9:10 Pm Unconditional (Us, 88 Min)

Wednesday October 23

Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 15
4:05 Pm Van Versus Vikas (India,16 Min)
4:30 Pm One Fighting Irishman (Ireland/Japan/Us, 30 Min)
5:10 Pm A Symphony For A Common Man (Brazil/Netherlands/Iraq/Uk/Us, 86 Min)

Session 16
6:50 Pm Rojek (Canada/Iraq/Syria, 127 Min)

Session 17 San Francisco, Delancey Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero
6:30 Pm What We Never Forget For Peace Here Now (Us, 12 Min)
6:50 Pm Rock Paper Paint: Art Of The People (Us, 39 Min)

Session 18 San Francisco, Delancey Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero
7:50 Pm Moses (Us, 127 Min)

Thursday October 24

Stanford University, Green Library
Hohbach Hall Presentation Palace

Session 19
4:00 Pm As I Witness (Us, 8 Min)
4:15 Pm If I Could Stay (Us, 75 Min)
5:40 Pm Pain And Peace (Us, 75 Min)
7:00 Pm Panel “Promotion Of Universal Respect” (Free Admission)

Session 20
8:10 Pm Singing For Justice (Us, 60 Min)

Friday October 25

Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 21
4:00 Pm Black Raven (Ukraine/Us, 40 Min)
4:50 Pm Champions Of The Golden Valley (Afghanistan/Germany/Us, 81 Min)
6:20 Pm Panel "From War To Peace” (Free Admission)

Session 22
7:30 Pm We Will Dance Again (Israel, 90 Min)
9:10 Pm Where Olive Trees Weep (Israel/Palestine, 103 Min)
9:20 Pm Mission: Joy (India/South Africa/ Us, 90 Min)

Saturday October 26

Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 23
1:05 Pm Death By Numbers (Us, 35 Min)
1:50 Pm Truth Tellers (Us, 58 Min)
3:00 Pm Skin Of Glass (Brazil/Us, 90 Min)
4:40 Pm Panel “The Transformative Power Of Art” (Free Admission)

Session 24
5:50 Pm Can I Hug You? (Iran, 30 Min)
6:30 Pm True Believer (Us, 96 Min)

Session 25
8:20 Pm Works For All: Cincinnati’s Co-Op Economy (Spain/Us, 31 Min)
9:00 Pm The Click Trap
(Bangladesh/Belgium/Canada/France/Germany/Netherlands/Spain/Sweden/Uk/Us, 90 Min)

Sunday October 27

Palo Alto, Mitchell Park Community Center
3700 Middlefield Road

Session 26
1:10 Pm Sludge: A Pfas Uprising (Us, 26 Min)
1:45 Pm Hong Kong - Final Days Of Freedom (China/Us, 105 Min)

Session 27
3:40 Pm Make A Circle (Us, 90)
5:20 Pm Tax Wars (Belgium/Chile/France/India/Norway/Uk/Us/Zambia, 93 Min)
7:00pm Awards Ceremony And Closing Night
Reception Sponsored By Birdies And La Boheme
Music By Potential Jazz Ensemble

Date: October 17 - 27, 2024

Location: Various Venues

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