Thrilling Trailer for ‘To A Land Unknown’ About Palestinian Refugees
by Alex Billington
July 1, 2025
Source: YouTube
“We’re getting out, no matter what.” Watermelon Pictures has debuted the official US trailer for an indie film titled To A Land Unknown, made by filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel. This originally premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival last year in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar, then played at tons of festivals including Munich, New Zealand, Melbourne, Toronto, London, Hamptons, Chicago, and AFI Fest last fall. 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 headed towards Germany, but when Reda loses the hard-earned cash to his drug addiction, Chatila hatches an extreme plan to pose as smugglers in an attempt to escape their painful situation before it’s too late. As their hardship grows, so too does their desperation… Starring Mahmood Bakri, Angeliki Papoulia, and introducing Aram Sabbah. This looks very powerful and intense to watch – a harrowing story of survival & existence in the harsh world we all live in nowadays.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Mahdi Fleifel’s film To A Land Unknown, from YouTube:
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. To a Land Unknown, formerly known as Men in the Sun, is directed by the Palestinian-Danish filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel, of the film A World Not Ours (2012) previously, plus many other short films & projects. The screenplay is written by Fyzal Boulifa, Mahdi Fleifel, & Jason McColgan. Produced by Geoff Arbourne and Mahdi Fleifel. This first premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival last year in the Directors Fortnight sidebar section. Watermelon Pictures releases Fleifel’s To A Land Unknown film in select US theaters starting on July 11th, 2025 this summer. For more details, visit their official site.
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