Mahdi Fleifel Movies

  • 2025
    To a Land Unknown

    To a Land Unknown

    To a Land Unknown

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    The stakes couldn't be higher for displaced Palestinian refugees Chatila and Reda in this knife-edge drama. The cousins are saving to pay for fake...

    To a Land Unknown
  • 2014
    A World Not Ours

    A World Not Ours

    A World Not Ours

    82014HD

    An intimate, and often humorous, portrait of three generations of exile in the refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth...

    A World Not Ours
  • 2023
    Elefsina Notre Amour

    Elefsina Notre Amour

    Elefsina Notre Amour

    02023HD

    Deserted landscapes, ancient ruins and abandoned shipwrecks at sea. Elefsina’s archeological sites don’t come close to being as...

    Elefsina Notre Amour
  • 2018
    I Signed the Petition

    I Signed the Petition

    I Signed the Petition

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    Immediately after a Palestinian man signs an online petition, he is thrown into a panic-inducing spiral of self-doubt. Over the course of a...

    I Signed the Petition
  • 2023
    The Male Gaze: Risk Appeal

    The Male Gaze: Risk Appeal

    The Male Gaze: Risk Appeal

    02023HD

    A stranger by the lake with a valuable possession. A journey home after serving time in jail. A friendship evolving from childhood to adulthood....

    The Male Gaze: Risk Appeal
  • 2016
    A Man Returned

    A Man Returned

    A Man Returned

    4.82016HD

    Reda is 26 years old. His dreams of escaping the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh ended in failure after three years trapped in Greece. He...

    A Man Returned
  • 2017
    A Drowning Man

    A Drowning Man

    A Drowning Man

    4.62017HD

    Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day. Surrounded by predators he is...

    A Drowning Man
  • 2013
    Xenos

    Xenos

    Xenos

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    In 2010, Abu Eyad and other young Palestinian men from the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon travelled with smugglers through Syria and Turkey...

    Xenos
  • 2014
    Suspended Time 'Zaman Muaalaq'

    Suspended Time 'Zaman Muaalaq'

    Suspended Time 'Zaman Muaalaq'

    02014HD

    Suspended Time 'Zaman Muaalaq'
  • 2023
    45th Parallel

    45th Parallel

    45th Parallel

    72023HD

    45th Parallel focuses on the Haskell Free Library and Opera House—a unique municipal site between the jurisdictions of Canada and the...

    45th Parallel
  • 2009
    4 Weeks

    4 Weeks

    4 Weeks

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    How long after a breakup can you bare to see your ex with someone new? Especially if that someone is a bald Italian.

    4 Weeks
  • 2020
    3 Logical Exits

    3 Logical Exits

    3 Logical Exits

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    A sociological meditation on the different "exits" that young Palestinians choose, in order to cope with life in the refugee camps.

    3 Logical Exits
  • 2017
    Kumbh

    Kumbh

    Kumbh

    02017HD

    “A dream came to me from who knows where having slept as two I awake as one / the other wasn’t there”. Two young men on a blind...

    Kumbh
  • 2013
    20 Handshakes for Peace (Suspended Time)

    20 Handshakes for Peace (Suspended Time)

    20 Handshakes for Peace (Suspended Time)

    02013HD

    “September 13, 1993: Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, and Bill Clinton’s handshake on the lawn of the White House after signing the Oslo...

    20 Handshakes for Peace (Suspended Time)
  • 1970
    The Writer

    The Writer

    The Writer

    01970HD

    A short film by Mahdi Fleifel.

    The Writer
  • 2008
    Arafat & I

    Arafat & I

    Arafat & I

    02008HD

    Short comedy about a Palestinian in love.

    Arafat & I