Iraqi film to feature in Red Sea International Film Festival
Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji, Director of Hanging Gardens. Photo: Cineurope
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) has unveiled the 16-film lineup that will participate in the Red Sea Competition at the Festival’s second edition. The films chosen showcase the greatest in cinema from renowned and rising filmmakers from the Arab world, Asia, and Africa.
The film lineup will compete for the Yusr Awards, which were established to honor and reward bravery and creativity in cinema. A jury of well-known filmmakers and business leaders from across the world will evaluate the films.
One of the films featured in the lineup is Hanging Gardens, a movie directed by Iraqi Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji. Hanging Gardens portrays the story of Taha and his younger brother As’ad, who make a living by scavenging a Baghdad garbage dump for scrap items. However, a big schism develops between the brothers when As’ad discovers an intimate toy and decides to exploit it in a makeshift brothel in Iraq. Hanging Gardens is a personal, sympathetic, and often amusing narrative about growing up children.
The Red Sea International Film Festival will have its second edition in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from December 1 to 10, 2022.