We open the 24th annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival with a reception beginning at 6:00 p.m. The film will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.

A STATE OF PASSION

2024, dir. Carol Mansour
Palestine, Lebanon; 93 min.
In English and Arabic with English subtitles

After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al-Shifa and Al-Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance.

Following the film will be a Q&A.

Preceded by the short films:

SALT

2023, dir. Mateusz Miszczynski, 6 min.

Two boys float on the Dead Sea in a visual poem connected to the spirit of Palestine that considers how strength and perseverance are found amid conflict, drawing parallels with the everyday realities of life in Palestine.

SIRI MIRI

2021, dir. Luay Awwad, 6 min.

Out of boredom and sick of their mundane routine that’s leading them nowhere in life, two Palestinian teens ask Siri for help. Will it work?

THE DEER’S TOOTH

2024, dir. Saif Hammash, 16 min.

The film centers around a young man from a refugee camp who embarks on a perilous journey in order to fulfill his little brother’s wish: To throw his milk tooth into the sea.