Screening of the film "Hanging Gardens" at the Red Sea Film Festival, in the presence of its protagonists.. Photo

Today, Saturday, a number of films were shown as part of the events Red Sea Film Festival The International Film Festival in its second session, which was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where the film “Hanging Gardens” was screened in the presence of its protagonists in its first screening in the Middle East.

Hanging Gardens, directed by Iraqi director Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji, centers on Asaad, a 12-year-old boy who adopts an American sex doll found in Baghdad’s junkyards. that Asaad depends on her courage not just to survive, but to live.

Jeddah witnessed the launch of the activities of the Red Sea International Film Festival last Thursday in its second session, which runs until December 10, and it is the festival that has honored the great Indian actor and producer Shah Rukh Khan in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the industry star Yousra and director Guy Ritchie, while the festival presents 131 short and feature films from 61 countries in 41 languages.

The second session of the Red Sea International Film Festival witnesses some of the latest cinematic productions, such as the world premiere of the film “The Mixer +” by director Fahd Al-Ammari, inspired by the series “The Mixer”, and in the film “A Crossroads ”, directed by Lebanese director Lara Saba, who won a world premiere award for her comedy-romance film.