I Never Promised You a Jasmine Garden

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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 by Xi 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 woman struggling to suppress her emotions during a phone call with her best friend Sarab (Sandy El-Bitar). [1]

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The film was screened in Telefilm Canada's annual Not Short on Talent showcase at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, [2] and had its public premiere at the 2024 Canadian Film Festival. [3] It was subsequently screened at the 2024 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, [1] and was submitted to the 2024 Iris Prize competition for LGBTQ films.

Awards

AwardYearCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Canadian Screen Awards 2025 Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama Tara Hakim Nominated [4]

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