Finding Home – 2026

Wednesday, April 15, 1:00 PM

How
Director: Marko Mestrovic, Animation, Croatia, 9 min
Through the opening between reality and subtle poetic forms, surreal scenes and thrilling paradoxes reveal endless loops of existence.

Terrestrial Sea
Director: Cathy Lee Crane, Experimental, Mexico, USA, 15 min
In the midst of a poetic meditation on water in the US/Mexico borderlands actors are confronted with social actors from the present day.

Winter in March
Director: Natalia Mirzoyan, Animation, Estonia, 16 min
Helpless in the face of a repressive state, a young couple leaves their home — an escape that turns into a surreal nightmare.

That Night
Director: Hoda Sobhani, Animation, Iran, 11 min
The firsthand experience of women’s rights activist Neda Naji, who survived the terror from within Evin Prison on the night it went up in flames in October 2022.

Voyage of the Handala
Directors: Jim Koenigsaecker, Tom Hayes, Documentary, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, 29 min
An international group of peace activists and aid workers sail from Europe to Gaza to raise awareness of the plight of the Palestinians and break the Israeli blockade of Gaza to deliver aid, health care and hope.

Not Scared, Just Sad
Director: Isabelle Mecattaf, Documentary, Lebanon, 18 min
Turning the camera on her family and surroundings in Beirut during the recent Israeli bombings of the city, a filmmaker captures the jarring coexistence of regular life with the relentless shock and grief on the periphery of war.

Abu Jabal
Director: Bisan Owda, Documentary, Palestine, 19 min
Tahani and her daughter Sidra return home after seven months of living in tents, hospitals, and schools. However, the journey home brings back many memories and emotions that were hidden in their displacement, moments of panic, and pain. These feelings Tahani will never be able to ignore.