| Hanging Gardens | |
| Director: | Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji |
| Screenplay: | Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji Margaret Glover |
| Starring: | Jawad Al Shakarji Akram Mazen Ali Wissam Diyaa Hussain Muhammad Jalil |
| Music: | Suad Bushnaq |
| Cinematography: | Duraid Munajim |
| Editing: | Kamal El Mallakh |
| Producer: | Huda al Kadhimi Margaret Glover May Odeh |
| Studio: | Odeh Films Purattu Film Production |
| Runtime: | 117 minutes |
| Country: | Iraq Palestine Saudi Arabia Egypt United Kingdom |
| Language: | Arabic |
Hanging Gardens is a 2022 drama film directed by Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji who co-wrote the screenplay with Margaret Glover. It is a co-production between Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Kingdom.[1]
The film premiered in the Horizons section at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, and was the first Iraqi film ever to be selected by the Venice Festival.[2] [3] It was later awarded best film at the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival.[4] [5] It was selected as the Iraqi entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[6]
In Baghdad’s city dump (ironically nicknamed The Hanging Gardens) As’ad, a 12-year old boy, finds a sex doll, left by the American soldiers during the Invasion of Iraq.