Unknown land / Director: Manuel De Coco

13.06.2013 14:00 Ivanovo / the cinema "Lodz" / hall No2 Tarkovsky. Conetext
Unknown land / Director: Manuel De Coco
Yemen – greece – cyprus / 2012 / 80 min. / languages – arabic, english / color / dolby surround 5.1

Director & Scriptwriter Manuel De Coco
Camera Jim Roth
Music Chris Bailar
Cast: Manos Kokoromitis, Daniel Plackett, Shaiya Salem, Mosiyed Saliyman, Alia Adel, Salem Saied Mator, Jaber Al Thyieri, Catherine Grant, Mona Mahfod, Abdulmajeed Saad Abdullha, Ali Abdula, Saad Kadh
Producers Manos Kokoromitis, Katia Pantazi
Executive Producer Charalambos Bizas
Production Other Side Films, BB World Pictures 

The Arab Spring, Yemen 2011, and the revolution continues. It's the monsoon season and life goes on smoothly for the inhabitants of Socotra Island. Not far from land, a sailing boat bearing an Israeli flag sinks and the search for survivors begins. A castaway is washed ashore a secluded beach. A sudden development leads to an unexpected turn... On the other side of the island, a native dreams of the castaway seeking his help. He prays to God for answers. Now it has become difficult for him to distinguish the line between fantasy and reality. This adventure begins through the castaway's body, a man who in the sinking of his life sees for the first time a chance to reawake, to know gratefulness, to be reborn. Will he overthrow destiny? Will he get back alive?

MANUEL DE COCO

Born in 1975 in Athens, Greece. In 2011 he founded the production company Other Side Films, which is located in Cyprus. “Unknown Land” is his first feature film. The shootings of the movie took place in Yemen (Socotra island) and in Israel. Currently, he is at the stage of post production of the documentary film “Invisible World – Shambhala”, the shootings of which took place in Tibet, Mongolia, Russia (Siberia), Italy (Vatican), Greece, Israel and Palestine. 

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