Playing the Cannes Film Festival, Hasan Hadi’s compassionate directorial debut follows two Iraqi children living under Saddam ...

Cannes: In his debut feature, Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi wisely prioritizes character and story, letting brutal dictatorship ...

A review of Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight entry The President's Cake which is the first film from Iraq ...

According to Iraqi director Hasan Hadi, that’s a story worth salvaging from Saddam Hussein’s reign that, along with the ...

Now that’s a story! According to Iraqi director Hasan Hadi, that’s a story worth salvaging from Saddam Hussein’s reign that, along with the American wars, plagued audiences’ longterm perceptions of ...

Iraq and premiering in Directors’ Fortnight, Hasan Hadi’s debut feature revolves around a third-grader on a mission to ...

Hasan Hadi, the first filmmaker from Iraq to be selected for the prestigious Cannes Festival, said economic embargoes like ...

Even then, the happenstance link between Hasan Hadi’s compassionate directorial debut “The President’s Cake” and Fatih Akin’s quiet epic “Amrum” is something of a shock, as both ...

Cannes: In his debut feature, executive-produced by Eric Roth and Marielle Heller, Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi wisely prioritizes character and story, letting the brutal dictatorship speak louder ...

Hadi's crowdpleaser, screening in Directors' Fortnight, is a co-production between two unlikely filmmaking partners: Iraq and ...