After playing more than 100 festivals starting at Cannes, Mahdi Fleifel’s acclaimed refugee drama “ To a Land Unknown ” from Palestine is finally coming to theaters from Watermelon Pictures.

Watermelon Pictures is testing the market with Cannes-premiering To a Land Unknown among a handful of well-reviewed and thoughtful narrative films from Wild Diamond to Don’t Let’s Go to the ...

Editor’s Note: This review originally was published during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Watermelon Pictures releases “To a Land Unknown” in select theaters on Friday, July 11, 2025.

Mahdi Fleifel's "To a Land Unknown" won the Transilvania Trophy at the Transilvania Film Festival, Romania's most prominent film fest. Noaz Deshe took the best directing award for "Xoftex," while ...

Transilvania Trophy, in the amount of 10,000 euros: “To a Land Unknown” (dir. Mahdi Fleifel, United Kingdom) Best Directing Award, in the amount of 3500 euros, offered by ICR: Noaz Deshe for ...