To a Land Unknown (2024)
Documentary | 105m | Directors’ Fortnight 2024
After fleeing a camp in Lebanon, two Palestinian cousins, are stranded in Athens, living in an underground limbo. Desperately seeking a way to reach Germany, they find themselves caught in an uncontrollable spiral. Nourished by New York cinema (notably Midnight Cowboy), To a Land Unknown races along like an edgy thriller, tragic but stripped back. A compelling, uncompromising and nuanced look at the living conditions of migrants.
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MARKET PREMIERE
18/05/2024 - 14:00 - @ Olympia 8 - English subtitles
OFFICIAL SCREENINGS
22/05/2024 - 08:45 - @ Théâtre Croisette - French & English subtitles
22/05/2024 - 18:00 - @ Théâtre Croisette - French & English subtitles
CATCH-UP SCREENINGS
23/05/2024 - 12:00 - @ Olympia 8 - French subtitles 23/05/2024 - 19:00 - @ Alexandre III Cinema - French subtitles
Mahdi Fleifel
is a Palestinian-Danish director who graduated from NFTS in the UK. 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.