To a Land Unknown

Co-Presented by the Arab Film and Media Institute

“A Palestinian twist on MIDNIGHT COWBOY.” – IndieWire

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

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.

Directed by Madhi Fleifel. Cast: Angeliki Papoulia, Mahmoud Bakri, Manal Awad and Aram Sabbah