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To a Land Unknown (2025) [N/A]

Featuring:
Angeliki Papoulia, Mahmoud Bakri, Manal Awad

Written by:
Fyzal Boulifa
Mahdi Fleifel
Jason McColgan

Directed by:
Mahdi Fleifel


Release Date:
February 14, 2025

Original Title:
إلى أرض مجهولة

Alternate Titles:
Men in the Sun
Vers un pays inconnu
إلى عالم مجهول
نحو أرض مجهولة

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
DFI
DKF (DE)
E.R.T.
EPT
Greek Film Centre
Homemade Films
Inside Out Films
Metafora Production
Nakba FilmWorks
Red Sea Fund
Salaud Morisset
Studio Ruba
ZDF/Arte

Production Countries:
France | Germany | Greece | Netherlands | Palestinian Territory | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 15  IE: 15A 

Runtime: 106

Overview from TheMovieDB

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 get them out of their desperate situation before it is too late.

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Overview from Open Movies

A Palestinian refugee living on the fringes of society in Athens gets ripped off by a smuggler and sets out to seek revenge.

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Rankings and Honors

To a Land Unknown (2025) on IMDb
Rotten Tomatoes 97%
Awards Won: 14 wins & 26 nominations

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Production

Art Direction:
Olga Sfetsa

Casting:
Kleopatra Ampatzoglou
Alexandra Koknat
Luna Mouallem
Nour Silbaq

Co-Producer:
Maria Drandaki
Frank Barat
François Morisset

Costume Design:
Konstantina Mardiki

Director:
Mahdi Fleifel

Director of Photography:
Thodoros Mihopoulos

Editor:
Halim Sabbagh

Novel:
Jason McColgan

Original Music Composer:
Nadah El Shazly

Producer:
Geoff Arbourne
Mahdi Fleifel
Layla Meijman
Maarten van der Ven

Production Designer:
Ioanna Soulele

Screenplay:
Mahdi Fleifel
Fyzal Boulifa
Jason McColgan

Sound:
Steven Bond
Martín Hernández

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