To a Land Unknown

To a Land Unknown
Release poster
Directed byMahdi Fleifel
Screenplay byMahdi Fleifel
Fyzal Boulifa
Jason McColgan
Produced byGeoff Arbourne
Mahdi Fleifel
Maria Drandaki
Layla Meijman
Maarten van der Ven
François Morisset
StarringMahmood Bakri
Aram Sabbagh
Angeliki Papoulia
Mohammad Alsurafa
Mouataz Alshaltouh
Mohammad Ghassan
Mondher Rayahneh
CinematographyThodoris Mihopoulos
Edited byHalim Sabbagh
Music byNadah El Shazly
Production
companies
Inside Out Films
Nakba FilmWorks
Salaud Morisset
Homemade Films
Studio Ruba
Distributed byWatermelon Pictures
Release date
  • May 22, 2024 (2024-05-22) (Cannes)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
Germany
Netherlands
Greece
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Palestine
LanguagesArabic
English
Greek

To a Land Unknown is a 2024 drama film, directed and co-written by Mahdi Fleifel. It stars Mahmood Bakri and Aram Sabbah as Chatila and Reda, Palestinian refugees living in Athens who are trying to save what little money they can acquire to purchase fake passports so they can move to Germany, only for Chatila to become drawn into a high-risk smuggling plot after Reda spends all their money on heroin.

The film had its world premiere at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.