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Daughter of Eden

Daughter of Eden

Synopsis

A British-Iraqi nurse whose need for answers draws her deep into another family’s life, after a chance encounter with an older woman she suspects is connected to her parents’ fate in Iraq.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
100 min
Director
Fateme Ahmadi 1st Feature
Producer
Pietro Greppi, Jack Tarling
Co-Producer
Jackie Larkin
Executive Producer
Ali Jazayeri, Keith Kehoe
Editor
Abolfazl Talooni
Screenwriter
Fateme Ahmadi
Director of Photography
Amine Berrada
Production Designer
Fletcher Jarvis
Principal cast
Yasmin Al-Khudhairi, Hiam Abbass, Amir El-Masry, Lindsay Duncan

Genre

Thriller Woman Director

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by BFI, BBC Film in association with Screen Ireland, Civic Studios and TPC

Shudder Films (UK), New Grange (IE), Lunapark Pictures (UK) production in association with Three Point Capital/ TPC (US)

Shudder Films

Sales Company

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