Perhaps the most surprising thing about today’s world premiere of The President’s Cake in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival is that it isn’t in the main Competition at the ...
The newcomer’s tragicomic debut, inspired by his childhood under Saddam Hussein, earns raves and the only audience prize across all Cannes sections. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Iraqi ...
Sales agency Films Boutique has closed two key territories on Iraqi writer/director Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake” ahead of its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight during the Cannes Film ...
Hasan Hadi, Director of ‘The President’s Cake,’ on the Journey of Making Iraq’s First Film at Cannes
Iraqi director Hasan Hadi’s debut feature, “The President’s Cake,” which screens in Directors’ Fortnight, is the first film from Iraq at to play in Cannes. Set in Iraq the 1990s, it also “fills a gap, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Set in 1990s Iraq as dictator Saddam Hussein ruled the land, this is a slice of life actually shot in the country and a peek at ...
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