The Chicago Palestine Film Festival is pleased to announce its official selections for its 2005 screenings. This year’s festival will occur from April 15 to May 2 at the Gene Siskel Film Center and St. Xavier Valley Community College.

Now in its fourth consecutive year, the Chicago Palestine Film Festival is an independent, not-for-profit, non-sectarian project based in Chicago that exhibits and promotes films by Palestinian directors and films about Palestine. CPFF is dedicated to presenting a film festival that is open, critical, and reflective of the culture, experience and vision of the filmmakers.

Film Title	Directors	Duration	Year	Country	Venue
2000 Terrorists	Hanro Smitsman and Peter Speetjens	0:50	2004	The Netherlands	GSFC
And Life Goes On	Reem Bader	0:08	2004	Palestine	GSFC
Another Road Home	Danae Elon	1:19	2004	USA	St. Xavier
Arafat, My Brother	Rashid Masharawi	1:15	2005	France	GSFC
Curfew	Rashid Masharawi	1:15	1993	Palestine	St. Xavier
Door to the Sun	Yusry Nasrallah	4:38	2004	Egypt	GSFC
Fix	Mohanad Yaqubi	0:08	2004	Palestine	St. Xavier
God on our Side	Michal Pfeffer and Uri Kranot	0:07	2005	The Netherlands	GSFC
Going for a Ride	Nahed Awad	0:15	2003	Palestine	GSFC
Haifa	Rashid Masharawi	1:36	1995	Palestine	GSFC
The Land of ‘48	Barrack Rima	0:57	2003	Belgium	St. Xavier
My Dear Olive Tree	Osama Qashoo	0:18	2004	Palestine	St. Xavier
A Palestinian Chronicle	Miguel Littin	1:30	2001	Chile	GSFC
Private	Saverio Costanzo	1:30	2003	Italy	GSFC
Rainbow	Abdel Salam Shehada	0:40	2004	Palestine	St. Xavier
Round-About Chatila	Maher Abi Samra	0:52	2004	France	St. Xavier
Sense of Need	Shady Srour	1:30	2004	USA/Palestine	GSFC
Soraida, Woman of Palestine	Tahani Rached	2:00	2004	Canada	St. Xavier
The Eternal Dance	Hiam Abbas	0:26	2003	France	St. Xavier
The Last Moon	Miguel Littin	0:30	2004	Chile	GSFC
until when…	Dahna Aburahme	1:16	2004	Palestine/USA	St. Xavier
Wall	Simone Bitton	1:38	2004	France/Israel	GSFC
Women in Struggle	Buthaina Canaan Khoury	0:56	2004	Palestine	GSFC

From April 15 to 28, screenings are at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute, Chicago’s premier venue for independent and world cinema, located at 164 N. State St.

Tickets to each screening are $9/general admission and $5/Film Center members and may be purchased at the Film Center Box Office, which opens at 5 p.m. on weekdays and at 2 p.m. on weekends. General public tickets are also available through Ticketmaster, 312-575-8000, www.ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets.

For more information, call the Film Center at 312-846-2800 (24-hour movie hotline) or 312-846-2600 (general information, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday), or log on www.siskelfilmcenter.org.

The Interparking SELF-PARK at 20 E. Randolph St., located between Wabash and State, offers Film Center patrons a special rate of $13 with no time limit. Patrons are required to show their ticket stub to receive the discount.

From April 29 to May 2, screenings are at St. Xavier University, 3700 West 103rd Street, Chicago, IL 60655 (773) 298-3000. These screenings are cost free, but donations will be requested.

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Chicago Palestine Film Festival 2005