To a Land Unknown

Mahdi Flefel, Palestine, 2024, 1’45

Arabic with English Subtitles

The stakes couldn’t be higher for displaced Palestinian refugees Chatila and Reda in this knife-edge drama. The cousins are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens, but when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to escape their desperate situation before it’s too late.

Born in Dubai, Mahdi Fleifel lives and works between Denmark, England, and Greece. A graduate of the British National Film & Television School, he founded the London-based production company Nakba FilmWorks in 2010.Fleifel’s latest film, To a Land Unknown, premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) at Cannes 2024 to critical and audience acclaim.

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