Kromme Stad #2: To a Land Unknown (2024)

KROMME STAD #2 – To a Land Unknown
On Palestinian Refugees and the Spatial Injustice of Exile

On Thursday, May 1st at 8:30 PM in De Uitkijk, Kromme Stad presents the international drama To a Land Unknown (2024), the feature debut of Danish-Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel. The film follows Chatila and Reda, two Palestinian refugees in Athens desperate to escape their purgatorial existence. 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, which involves them posing as smugglers and taking hostages in an effort to get him and his best friend out of their hopeless environment before it is too late.

Curated by filmmaker Yannesh Meijman (@theodorusgoon), Kromme Stad explores themes of spatial justice. What began as an examination of urban inequality confronts deeper questions of power: Who has access to space, and who is excluded? The Palestinian experience of displacement serves as a painfully universal example. To a Land Unknown lays bare the limbo of refugees denied the right to put down roots—a reality echoing from Amsterdam to Athens.

To A Land Unknown is an international co-production by Inside Out Films (UK), Nakba FilmWorks (DK), Homemade Films (GR), and Dutch production company Studio Ruba @studioruba.

Admission: €7.50 regular price, 6€ student price, Cineville valid.
English subtitles.
Visual identity by @ton.xoxo.
Supported by @stimuleringsfonds.