TO A LAND UNKNOWN

BY MAHDI FLEIFEL

Chatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. But when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan, which involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages in an effort to get him and his best friend out of their hopeless environment before it is too late.

Cast:
Mahmood Bakri, Aram Sabbah, Mohammad Alsurafa, Αngeliki Papoulia

World premiere
56th Directors’ Fortnight – Cannes

To A Land Unknown, feature film, dcp, UK-France-Germany-the Netherlands-Greece-Qatar-Saudi Arabia-Palestine, 2024, 105′

 

Director
Mahdi Fleifel

Writer
Mahdi Fleifel, Fyzal Boulifa, Jason McColgan

Director of photography
Thodoris Mihopoulos, GFC

Editor
Halim Sabbagh

Production designer
Ioanna Soulele

Costume designer
Konstantina Mardiki

Music
Nadah El Sazly

Sound
Steve Bond, Martin Hernandez, Montaser Abu Alul

Hair and make-up design
Vasiliki Yolanda Kita, Chronis Tzimos

Casting
Kleopatra Ampatzoglou, Luna Muallem

Executive producers
Francois De Villers, Frank Barat, Sawsan Asfari, Elisa Van Waeyenbergen, Jawad Botmeh, Asha Mansouri Elmasry, Hassan Elmasry, Mohannad Malas

Co-producers
Maria Drandaki, Layla Meijman,Maarten van der Ven, Francois Morisset

Producers
Geoff Arbourne, Mahdi Fleifel

Produced by
Inside Out Films (UK), Nakba FilmWorks (UK)

Co-produced by
Salaud Morisset (France), Homemade Films (Greece), Studio Ruba (the Netherlands), ZDF/ARTE & ZDF/DKF ERΤ S.A., Metafora ProductionThe Red Sea Fund

With the support of 
Greek Film Centre, NFF+HBF Co-Production SchemeAide Aux Cinémas du Monde – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image AniméeInstitut FrançaisDoha Film Institute 

World Sales 
Salaud Morisset

Distribution
Eurozoom (France)