We open the 25th annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival with a reception beginning at 6:00 p.m. The film will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.

TRACES OF HOME

2025, dir. Colette Ghunim
USA, Mexico, Palestine; 93 min.
In English, Arabic, and Spanish with English subtitles

In her award-winning debut feature film Traces of Home, filmmaker Colette Ghunim embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. Colette’s initial desire to heal her disconnect from her cultures and her parents reveals an internal quest to discover home within herself.

Director Colette Ghunim and Guests will be present for post-film Q&A.

Preceded by the short film:

جذور وبذور / SEEDS & ROOTS

2025, dir. Woroud Younis Alqassas, 6 min.

Here in Gaza, where gunpowder is mixed with soil, Seba kneels to cleanse the soil from the ashes of war, watering it with her small cup - trying to revive memories buried in the seeds.