Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji
Ahmed Yassin Aldaradji (b. 1986) is an Iraqi director. He is educated at the University of Baghdad. In 2013 he made his first short film, Atfal Allah, and followed as co-director on the short film Stray in 2018. Hanging Gardens is his first feature film and premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2022 and was later screened at the Red Sea Festival in Saudi Arabia where it won the award for best film.