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JOHN LILLY AND THE EARTH COINCIDENCE CONTROL OFFICE
Michael Almereyda, Courtney Stephens | 2025
8:15 pm 1:00 pm 4:15 pm 8:15 pm 4:15 pm 6:00 pm 8:15 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 6:15 pm 8:00 pm
PASSING DREAMS
Rashid Masharawi | 2024
8:30 pm
PORT OF SHADOWS
Marcel Carné | 1938
6:15 pm 12:15 pm 2:15 pm 6:15 pm 11:00 am 2:00 pm 6:15 pm 8:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 8:15 pm
THE UNTOLD INTIFADA 1958
Ward Jaraisi | 2025
3:00 pm
WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH?
Jason Osder, William Youmans | 2025
6:00 pm 6:00 pm
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PALESTINE COMEDY CLUB
Alaa AliAbdallah | 2025
Opens April 19
BEYOND THE LENS: AN AFTERNOON OF SHORT FILMS
Various | 2023, 2025
Opens April 19
PALESTINE 36
Annemarie Jacir | 2024
Opens April 21
WITH HASAN IN GAZA
Kamal Aljafari | 2025
Opens April 22
THE BLUE TRAIL
Gabriel Mascaro | 2025
Opens April 24
THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI
Lina Wertmüller | 1972
Opens April 24
LAND OF CANAAN
Maggie Lemere | 2025
Opens April 24
GAZAN TALES
Mahmoud Nabil Ahmed | 2024
Opens April 24
LIVING THE LAND
Huo Meng | 2025
Opens April 25
CLOSING NIGHT: AMERICAN DOCTOR
Poh Si Teng | 2025
Opens April 25
Chicago Film Society Presents: HENRY FOOL
Hal Hartley | 1997
Opens April 26
ENCORE: TRACES OF HOME
Colette Ghunim | 2025
Opens April 11
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25th Chicago Palestine Film Festival

Founded in 2001, the Chicago Palestine Film Festival (CPFF), a program of the Middle East Charitable and Cultural Society Inc., a non-profit organization, is an annual cultural event that serves as a vibrant platform for showcasing the rich and diverse narratives of Palestinian cinema. April 11–25. 

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