Chennai International Film Festival

To A Land Unknown

Saudi Arabia | 2024 | 105 Mins | Arabic, English, Greek

After fleeing a camp in Lebanon, two Palestiniancousins—Chatilaaand Reda—aree stranded in Athens, living in an underground limbo. Desperately seeking a way to reach Germany, they find themselves caught in an uncontrollable spiral. As they save to pay for fake passports, Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction. In response, Chatila hatches an extreme plan for their escape, which involves posing as smugglers and taking hostages. A compelling, uncompromising and nuanced look at the living conditions of migrants.

Director
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Mahdi Fleifel is a Palestinian-Danish director who graduated from NFTS in the UK. In 2012, his ffeature documentary,ntary A WorldOurs, Ours premiered at TIFF and gathered around thirty awards (Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Yamagata, DOC:NYC). He took part in the Cinéfondatio20132013, and subsequently directed several short films.
Cast & Crew

Director – Mahdi Fleifel
Cinematography – Thodoris Mihopoulos
Editor – Halim Sabbah
Music – Nadah El Shazly
Producer – Geoff Arbourne, Mahdi Fleifel
Cast – Mahmood Bakri, Aram Sabbagh, Mohammad Alsurafa, Angeliki Papoulia