The two-time Palme d'Or winners bring another slice of Belgian social realism to the Croisette with a tale of 5 young women ...

Hassan Hadi's Iraqi film "The President's Cake" wins Audience Choice Award at Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2025.

Diego Cespedes’ “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” has been named the best film of the Un Certain Regard section of the ...

The feature debut by Iraq’s Hasan Hadi is the viewers’ favourite, while Belgian director Valery Carnoy’s movie has scooped ...

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

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

Hailed by Variety as a “warm and heart-tugging tale,” Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake,” Iraq’s first film selected for ...

The Last Debate, has officially wrapped shooting, and we’re already counting down the days. If you’ve been craving that perfect mix of heartbreak, romance, and beautifully messy emotions, this one’s ...

Films Boutique has sold Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake,” which had its world premiere in Cannes sidebar Directors’ ...

Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi said he did not taste cake until he was in his early teens, after the US-led invasion in 2003 ...

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

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 ...