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Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Winners: Iraqi Film ‘The President’s Cake’ Clinches People’s Choice Audience Award
Iraqi director Hasan Hadi’s first feature The President’s Cake has won the second edition of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight ...
‘90s rock icon claims he ‘saved the world from Saddam Hussein’
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 says he not only inspired Green Day to make "American Idiot," but the successful capture of Saddam ...
"I saved the world from Saddam Hussein," says Blink-182's Mark Hoppus
While the US military have yet to formally recognise Hoppus' part in the capture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 2003 as part of Operation Red Dawn, the pop-punk star believes that it was ...
‘The President’s Cake’ Review: Hasan Hadi’s Warm and Heart-Tugging Tale Sends Dutiful Kids on an Odyssey in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
Playing the Cannes Film Festival, Hasan Hadi’s compassionate directorial debut follows two Iraqi children living under Saddam ...
‘The President's Cake' Review: Hasan Hadi's Poignant Realist Fable Follows Two Schoolchildren Under Saddam Hussein's Regime
Cannes: In his debut feature, executive-produced by Eric Roth and Marielle Heller, Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi wisely ...