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TO A LAND UNKNOWN

By Madhi FLEIFEL

NETHERLANDS FILM FUND / NEDERLANDS FILMFONDS - as FIN

Drama - Completed 2023

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 in an effort to get him and his best friend out of their hopeless environment, before it is too late.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- NETHERLANDS, GREECE, UNITED KINGDOM, DENMARK
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Madhi FLEIFEL
- Producer(s)
- Madhi FLEIFEL, Geoff ARBOURNE , Vibeke VOGEL, Maria DRANDAKI, Layla MEIJMAN (STUDIO RUBA), Maarten VAN DER VEN (STUDIO RUBA)
- Synopsis
- XENOS is a staged documentary based on a testimony shared with writer/director Mahdi Fleifel a few years ago. It is the story of how as a human being on the run, and without rights, one is forced into a life where humanity is completely dismantled. It's a film that depicts how reality is often stranger than fiction.
  Three Palestinian refugees, Chatila, Fatah and Abu Love, are dreaming of escaping from Athens after 7 years of life in a country collapsing in upon itself. When Chatila succeeds in smuggling a fellow compatriot out of the country, he finds himself with 4,000 euros – an amount just enough to get one of them out, but not all three. Chatila is forced to choose between his friends and freedom.
  XENOS is a UK/Danish/Dutch/Greek co-production and is produced by NakBa FilmWorks, Bullitt Film, Studio Ruba and Homemade Films. The creative documentary received a production contribution as part of HBF+NFF.