The newcomer’s tragicomic debut, inspired by his childhood under Saddam Hussein, earns raves and the only audience prize ...

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

The Caméra d'Or, which is awarded at the end of each Cannes Film Festival to a first feature film, was awarded to Hasan ...

Hasan Hadi, the first filmmaker from Iraq to be selected for the prestigious Cannes Festival, on Saturday won a top prize for ...

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

Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi has won the Directors’ Fortnight People’s Choice Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his poignant, darkly comic debut feature The President’s Cake. The €7,500 ...

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

Iraqi director Hasan Hadi's debut feature, "The President's Cake," which screens in Directors’ Fortnight, is the first film ...

Iraqi director Hasan Hadi’s first feature The President’s Cake has won the second edition of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight ...

The win hands the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.