Missed it the first time? Catch the encore showing of our opening night lineup!

TRACES OF HOME

2025, dir. Colette Ghunim
United States, 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:

DON'T BE LONG, LITTLE BIRD

2025, dir. Reem Jubran, 23 min.

A young woman with a rebellious spirit accidentally travels through time to 1930s Palestine and spends a few days with a similarly spirited young woman…her great-grandmother when she was her age.