To a Land Unknown
Directed by Mahdi FleifelThe stakes couldn't be higher for displaced Palestinian refugees Chatila and Reda in this knife-edge drama. The cousins are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens, but when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to escape their desperate situation before it's too late.
- Kit Lazer11 juli 2025Devastating. A drama dripping with empathy disguised as a crime thriller. For anyone who has ever known true desperation—living minute to minute, scheme to scheme, drowning in the cognitive dissonance of feeling like a good person with hopes and dreams but presenting to the world like scum because your desperate actions—this will destroy you. Borne of director Mahdi Feliel’s lived experiences and documentarian work, To A Land Unknown is an uncomfortable watch, something like Of Mice and Men or Midnight Cowboy with all the warmth of Good Time. Palestinian refugees trying to reach Europe are trapped in Greece indefinitely, stateless, with little hope beyond the next empty promise.
To a Land Unknown Trivia
To a Land Unknown was released on 14 februari 2025.
To a Land Unknown was directed by Mahdi Fleifel.
To a Land Unknown has a runtime of 1h 45m.
To a Land Unknown was produced by Geoff Arbourne, Mahdi Fleifel, Layla Meijman, Maarten van der Ven.
The stakes couldn't be higher for displaced Palestinian refugees Chatila and Reda in this knife-edge drama. The cousins are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens, but when Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to escape their desperate situation before it's too late.
The key characters in To a Land Unknown are Chatila (Mahmood Bakri), Reda (Aram Sabbah), Tatiana (Angeliki Papoulia).
To a Land Unknown is rated R.
To a Land Unknown is a Kriminal, Thriller, Drama film.
To a Land Unknown has made 60 171 US$ at the box office.