Title: To a Land Unknown
Section: Directors’ Fortnight
Director: Mahdi Fleifel
Logline: After fleeing a camp in Lebanon, two Palestinian cousins are stranded in Athens, living in an underground limbo. Desperately seeking a way to reach Germany, they find themselves caught in an uncontrollable spiral.
Distributor: Eurozoom
Panelists: Mahdi Fleifel (Director), Mahmood Bakri (Actor), Aram Sabbah (Actor), Angeliki Papoulia (Actress)
Key quotes: “Our stories are really needed today more than ever. Many times, Palestinians or Arabs are portrayed, especially in Hollywood as… Well, let’s not go there, but it’s a bit of a stereotype, and really all I wanted was to show us as we are a people with a culture, we have dreams, hopes, fears just like any other people and I think it was really important to us to make this mark this year.” — Madhi Fleifel… “I felt it was a big honor to represent these guys, the refugees that nobody talks about. We have nine million Palestinian refugees around the world and we don’t hear much stories about these people and I feel responsible, of course.” – Mahmood Bakri
Sales Agent: Salaud Morisset
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