EXCLUSIVE: True Colours has boarded world sales on Iraqi filmmaker Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji’s Baghdad-set, coming-of-age tale Hanging Gardens ahead of its world premiere in Venice’s Hori…
ns revolves around a young boy called As’ad who ekes out a living as a rubbish picker in the dumps of Baghdad, which are nicked locally as the “hanging gardens”.
His older brother beats him for bringing disgrace to the family and the boy seeks refuge in the dumps, where he teaches his new companion Arabic and sets her to work to make ends meet.revolving around child characters impacted by the Iraqi War and the near two decades of civil violence that have followed in its wake.
The feature is produced by Huda Al Kadhimi of Baghdad and Amman-based production company Ishtar Iraq Film Production, U.K. producer Margaret Glover and Palestinian producer May Odeh at Odeh Films. The production won the top prize at the ninth edition of the Final Cut in Venice post-production platform, supporting Middle Eastern and African films, last year and also picked up prizes at the CineGouna SpringBoard industry platform of Egypt’s El Gouna film festival.Spaccaossa
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