I Never Promised You a Jasmine Garden

I Never Promised You a Jasmine Garden
Directed byTeyama Alkamli
Written byTeyama Alkamli
Produced byTeyama Alkamli
StarringTara Hakim
Sandy El-Bitar
CinematographyThomas Szacka-Marier
Edited byXi Feng
Production
company
Limbic Films
Distributed byLa Distributrice de films
Release date
  • March 23, 2024 (2024-03-23) (CFF)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesArabic
English

I Never Promised You a Jasmine Garden is a Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Teyama Alkamli and released in 2024. The film stars Tara Hakim as Tara, a queer Palestinian-Canadian women struggling to suppress her emotions during a phone call with her best friend Sarab (Sandy El-Bitar).

The film was screened in Telefilm Canada's annual Not Short on Talent showcase at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, and had its public premiere at the 2024 Canadian Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2024 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, and was submitted to the 2024 Iris Prize competition for LGBTQ films.

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