In the Sands of Babylon is a 2013 Iraqi, British, Dutch drama film directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji, Variety's Middle Eastern Filmmaker of the year 2010.
Whilst unrest spreads across the country, he is captured by the Republican Guard and cast into Saddam's infamous prisons, suspected of being a traitor.
2013: In search of answers about the past and Ibrahim's journey, the Director of the film encounters three people: A photographer with a painful secret, a farmer who hides his scars to forget and an ex-prisoner whose humanity was savagely taken from him.
By unravelling the courageous and tragic secrets of these people, the Director seeks to reveal the truth behind Ibrahim's story.
As Ibrahim's fate seems written, the Iraqi people are uprising beyond the prison walls, instilling hope in those held captive, that the freedom they long for beckons.