SPECIAL SCREENING: Spielfilm "TO A LAND UNKNOWN" mit Publikumsgespräch

In the organizer's words:

To A Land Unknown

Film and audience discussion

A run-down neighborhood on the outskirts of Athens, marked by crime and poverty: cousins Reda and Chatila struggle daily with the same plight as hundreds of thousands of other Palestinians - life as refugees. Chatila and Reda save money to buy fake passports and flee Athens. However, when Reda loses their hard-earned money due to his dangerous drug addiction, Chatila concocts an extreme plan: they pose as smugglers and take hostages to free him and his best friend from their hopeless situation before it is too late.

Bound by love and friendship, but also the burden of despair that haunts them across time and place, they fight to escape their misery and secure a better future for themselves and the loved ones they have left behind. But is there even a way out for them? How can humanity be preserved when one is born into a life characterized by unceasing cruelty?

TO A LAND UNKNOWN is an empathetic, moving and compelling exploration of the situation of Palestinians and what it means to be a stateless refugee in a world characterized by racial prejudice and social inequality. The film premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

After the screening, there will be a discussion about the situation of refugees in Greece and the current situation in Gaza.

Palestine/GB/F/NL/D/GR/Q/SKA 2024, original version (Arabic/English/Greek) with German subtitles, FSK: 12+, 105 mins; Director: Mahdi Fleifel. With Mahmood Bakri, Aram Sabbagh, Mohammad Alsurafa and others.

Organizer: Seebrücke Osnabrück and German-Palestinian Society