AUSTIN PREMIERE followed by Q&A with filmmaker and featured subject in attendance

Filmmaker Colette Ghunim collages her parents’ histories of their homes in Mexico and Palestine. Ghunim’s camera intricately meditates the generational trauma and grief that bounds her family. TRACES OF HOME functions as a reminder that while "home" as a physical site may be eroded by geopolitical shifts or the passage of time, its essence persists and reconstructs within the daily rituals, emotional landscapes, and oral histories of the diaspora. A knockout debut feature that's as much an external quest as an internal one. - Tony Nguyen, Feature Film Programmer

DIRECTOR: Colette Ghunim

PRODUCERS: Sara Maamouri (also Editor), Dan Rybicky, Capella Fahoome

EXEC. PROD: Dena Takuri, Keith Wilson, Melissa Barrera, John Leguizamo

CAST: Ayden Mayeri & Amira Casar, José Condessa

LENGTH: 1 hour 30 minutes

LANGUAGES:  English

COUNTRY: United States

GENRE: Documentary Feature