Xenos

Synopsis

In 2010, Palestinian Abu Eyad flees with others from the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain el-Helweh. The destination they long to reach is Europe. Aided by smugglers, they flee across Syria and Turkey to Greece, a place of projected hopes and paradise rolled into one. But Greece is stuck in a serious economic, political and social crisis and their dreams are soon stifled by a brutal reality...

Director Biography

Born in Dubai in 1979, Mahdi Fleifel was raised in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon and later in the suburbs of Elsinore in Denmark. In 2009,Fleifel graduated from the National Film and Television School in London. His first-yearfilm, ARAFA & I, screened at festivals around the world and won numerous awards.