An Iraqi film wins a golden award at the Red Sea International Festival

Baghdad The Red Sea Film Festival, in its second session in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, witnessed the showing of the Iraqi film “Hanging Gardens” directed by Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji, which won the Golden Yusr Award for Best Feature Film .

The film also won the Yusr Award for Best Cinematic Achievement for director of photography Duraid Munjem.

The film revolves around 12-year-old Asaad, who adopts a doll found in a garbage dump in Baghdad, where Asaad, who is a garbage collector, finds himself in the crosshairs of a struggle in which he relies on his courage not only to survive, but to live.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency