To A Land Unknown
In Athens, two Palestinian cousins -- Chatila and Reda -- risk everything to reach Germany -- but as desperation mounts, survival may come at the cost of loyalty.
Director:
Mahdi Fleifel
Mahdi Fleifel
Genre:
Drama
Drama
Year:
2024
2024
Duration:
105 minutes
105 minutes
Country:
UK, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
UK, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Language:
Arabic, Greek, English
Arabic, Greek, English
Subtitling:
English, French
English, French
Screenplay: Mahdi Fleifel, Fyzal Boulifa, Jason McColgan
Cast: Mahmood Bakri, Aram Sabbagh, Angeliki Papoulia, Mohammad Alsurafa, Mouataz Alshalto, Mohammad Ghassan, Monzer Reyahnah
Cinematography: Thodoris Mihopoulos (GSC)
Editing: Halim Sabbagh
Production: Geoff Arbourne, Mahdi Fleifel (Nakba Filmworks)
Awards: Tanit D'Argent -- Carthage Film Festival - Carthage, Tunisia -- 2024 |
Silver Yusr Best Feature Film -- Red Sea International Film Festival -- Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- 2024 |
Silver Yusr Best Actor: Mahmoud Bakri - Red Sea International Film Festival -- Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- 2024
Début Status: Jordanian Première
Synopsis
In the shadows of Athens, two Palestinian cousins, Chatila and Reda, dream of escaping to Germany and building a new life. But as mounting pressures close in -- from poverty, addiction, and a system rigged against them -- their bond is tested in unexpected and dangerous ways. What begins as an escape plan quickly spirals into a tense confrontation with loyalty, survival, and the cost of freedom in a world that offers them no easy way out.
Director’s biography
Mahdi Fleifel is a Palestinian-Danish director who graduated from NFTS in the UK. He was notably mentored by Stephen Frears and Pawel Pawlikowski. In 2012, his first feature-length documentary A World Not Ours premiered at TIFF and gathered around thirty awards (Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Yamagata, DOC:NYC). He took part in the Cinéfondation in 2013, and subsequently directed several short films: A Man Returned (Silver Bear 2016 EFA nomination), A Drowning Man (Cannes, Bafta nominated), I Signed The Petition (IDFA award and EFA nomination).
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