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59th edition May 11-22, 2027

Mahdi Fleifel

Mahdi Fleifel is a Palestinian-Danish director who graduated from NFTS in the UK. In 2012, his first feature-length documentary A World Not Ours premiered at TIFF and gathered around thirty awards (Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Yamagata, DOC:NYC). He took part in the Cinéfondation in 2013, and subsequently directed several short films.

Filmography

To a Land Unknown

Vers un pays inconnu

Mahdi Fleifel

Feature film / 105 min / Quinzaine Mahdi Fleifel

With Mahmood Bakri (Chatila), Aram Sabbagh (Reda), Mohammad Alsurafa (Malik), Angeliki Papoulia (Tatiana), Mouataz Alshalton (Abu Love), Mohammad Ghassan (Yasser), Monzer Reyahnah (Marwan).