Mahdi Fleifel’s Palestinian thriller TO A LAND UNKNOWN - Pan-European distribution strategy

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TO A LAND UNKNOWN is the narrative debut of Danish-Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel. Fleifel’s track record includes the short film A DROWNING MAN which premiered at Cannes and was nominated for a BAFTA award, as well as his first feature-length documentary A WORLD NOT OURS which premiered at TIFF and gathered around thirty awards (Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Yamagata, DOC:NYC). All the previous films of Mahdi Fleifel have been acquired by Netflix for the World in 2021. TO A LAND UNKNOWN marks his first narrative feature film, a thriller about exile and the unwavering determination of people to persevere, staged in the aesthetics of American cinema of the 70s and 80s. Salaud Morisset is coordinating the pan-European theatrical and digital release of TO A LAND UNKNOWN in 16 European countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein , Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain) with 15 trusted distributor partners from March 2025. Additional theatrical releases are secured all around the world through distribution in USA/Canada, UK/Ireland, Brazil, Indonesia, Taiwan, Peru, Uruguay and many discussions are ongoing.