Hanging Gardens
In Competition
جنائن معلقة,
Synopsis:
When a young Iraqi rubbish picker rescues an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone, where friends become enemies and nothing is certain in an explosive mix of love, war and madness.
Schedule
Location: The Culver Theater
9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City
First Screening
November 9th @ 9:30 PM
Second Screening
November 10th @ 3 PM
Presented By:
Director
Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Ahmed Al-Daradji was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1986. After graduating with a Bachelors in Audio & Visual Arts from the University of Baghdad, he worked as a director of photography, writer and director for Baghdad-based satellite stations and companies. Eventually he moved to London where he got his MA in filmmaking at London Film School. Before directing his first feature, Hanging Gardens, he participated in the Iraq 35mm short film workshop, writing and directing his latest short, Children of God.
Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq
Duration: 117 min
Language: Arabic
Subtitles: English
Cast & Crew
Director:
Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Cast:
Jawad Al Shakarji
Akram Mazen Ali
Wissam Diyaa
Hussain Muhammad Jalil
Producer:
Huda al Kadhimi
Margaret Glover
May Odeh
Cinematography:
Duraid Munajim
Editing:
Kamal El Mallakh
Screenwriters:
Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji
Margaret Glover
Sound:
Rana Eid
