To a Land Unknown

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.

“Crafted with tremendous empathy…Director Mahdi Fleifel delivers a confident, fully-realized drama.” -Variety

“Fleifel’s artistic choices in the film, everything from cinematography, locations, sparse score, and casting, rings so true that you forget at times that you’re watching a film.” - Awards Watch

“The sense of time running out pervades this intensely devastating parable of desperation.” - Roger Ebert.com

"Above all, a humanist tale that extends the conversation on immigration." - Screen Anarchy

“A Palestinian twist on MIDNIGHT COWBOY.” - IndieWire