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20 hours ago · The story behind the making of Palestinian-Danish director Mahdi Fleifel’s second feature, To a Land Unknown, is probably as intriguing as the film itself. Shot on the fly in Greece, with ...
1 day ago · “To a Land Unknown” is a tour-de-force of empathic storytelling, with its genre narrative bursting with an overabundance of humanity. The unexpected, far-away place that Said references is ...
1 day ago · In these and other respects, “ To a Land Unknown ” is a film crafted with tremendous empathy. The screenplay, from Fyzal Boulifa, Mahdi Fleifel and Jason McColgan, avoids perpetuating the ...
20 hours ago · The war raging in Gaza has given added prominence to director Mahdi Fleifel’s drama “To a Land Unknown”, the only Palestinian film to be screened in Cannes this year. While festival ...
1 day ago · To a Land Unknown undoubtedly chimes with the refugee narratives seen on screen over the past decade, yet the protagonists’ Palestinian identity creates a particularly grave, urgent viewer connection, encouraging us to see these young-ish men as part of a continuum defined by the constant denial of civil recognition and dignity, and the idea ...
20 hours ago · A stressful refugee drama screening in Cannes shines light on the Palestinian plight and the excruciating moral choices migrants have to make to help loved ones start a new life abroad. "To a Land Unknown", directed by Mahdi Fleifel, follows two Palestinian refugee cousins around Athens as they try to save up money to pay a smuggler to sneak them into Germany. Chatila has left a young family ...
20 hours ago · A proud moment for Palestine and the Middle East at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival! Read More: Celebrities on Day 9 of the Cannes Film Festival. The Palestinian film “To a Land Unknown” received a nine-minute standing ovation after its premiere at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, France. 9 minutes standing ovation for the team behind «To ...
