I Never Promised You A Jasmine Garden
Synopsis
Tara, a queer Palestinian woman in her late 20s, attempts to suppress her internal emotional turbulence during a phone call with her best friend Sarab, with whom she is in love.
Festivals
AWARDS
Best Canadian Short Film - Sablier d'or - Festival Courts d'un soir, Canada, 2024
PROJECTIONS SPÉCIALES
Palextine in the Park, Canada, 2024
J'en suis, j'y reste x Rencontres Audiovisieulles, France, 2024
Ciné-Queer, France, 2024
SÉLECTIONS
Telefilm Canada «Not Short on Talent» program - Cannes Film Festival Market, France, 2023
Prince George Film Festival, Canada, 2024 (World Premiere)
Canadian Film Fest, Canada, 2024
Festival Courts d'un soir, Canada, 2024
Toronto Arab Film Festival, Canada, 2024
Inside Out Film Festival, Canada, 2024
Soura Film Festival, Germany, 2024
St-John's International Women's Film Festival, Canada, 2024
Arab Film Festival, USA, 2024
Pink Screens Film Festival, Belgium, 2024
Mardi Gard Film Festival, Australia, 2025
Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Netherlands, 2025
Director: Teyama Alkamli
Script: Teyama Alkamli
Cast: Tara Hakim, Sandy El-Bitar, Hsain Al-Shihabi
DOP: Thomas Szacka-Marier
Editing: Xi Feng
Music: Kazdoura (Leen Hamo + John Abu Chacra)
Production: Teyama Alkamli
Co-production: Luke Gallagher
Executive production: Shehrezade Mian
Version
Original: Arabic, English
Subtitles: English
Format
16:9/5.1
DCP, Prores, H264
Teyama Alkamli is an award-winning Syrian-Canadian writer, director, and producer living in Toronto. She is an alumna of DocNomads, the European Mobile Film School, Hot Docs Emerging Filmmaker Lab, the Canadian Film Centre's Director Lab, and a current TIFF Talent Accelerator participant. Teyama's film, Hockey Mom, was awarded Best Documentary Program at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards. Her other works have screened at international film festival such as Doc Lisboa, TIFF, and the Berlinale. She is currently developing her narrative feature debut, My Name is Jala.
