Hanging_Gardens_(2022_film)
Hanging Gardens (2022 film)
2022 Iraqi film
Hanging Gardens (Arabic: جنائن معلقة, romanized: Janain mualaqa) 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]