To a Land Unknown
Synopsis
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2024 - Directors' Fortnight - World premiere
Official Selection San Sebastián International Film Festival 2024
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - First Feature Competition
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 105 min
- Director
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Mahdi Fleifel 1st Feature
- Producer
- Geoff Arbourne, Mahdi Fleifel
- Editor
- Halim Sabbagh
- Screenwriter
- Fyzal Boulifa, Mahdi Fleifel, Jason McColgan
- Director of Photography
- Thodoros Mihopoulos
- Production Designer
- Ioanna Soulele
- Composer
- Nadah El Shazly
- Principal cast
- Mahmood Bakri, Aram Sabbah, Angeliki Papoulia, Manal Awad
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia co-production
Supported by Doha Film Institute (QA), Greek Film Centre [GFC] (GR), ZDF/Arte (DE)
Inside Out Films (UK), Nabka Filmworks (UK), Homemade Films (GR), Studio Ruba (NL), Salaud Morisset (FR), DKF (DE), ERT World (GR), Metafora Production (QA), Red Sea Film Fund (SA),
Sales Company
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