My Home, in Libya

To reconnect with her Libyan heritage, Italian artist Martina Melilli befriends a young Tripoli man named Mahmoud on social media. She asks for his help to gather and send images of her grandparents’ former neighborhood and home - which they left after the country’s 1970 military coup. As Mahmoud and Melilli exchange pictures, videos and texts, a deep cross-border friendship grows - until war interrupts yet again. A poignant portrait of politics’ enduring impact on personal lives. (Chicago International Film Festival)