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

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Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. My name is Michael Kim, I'm a senior analyst here at Zacks Small Cap Research. And today I'm happy to have with us both Steve Snyder as well as ...

Samsuri, who also serves as a PAS vice-president, said Hadi had encouraged him to see criticism as a chance to learn and stay motivated, stressing that the duty to speak the truth must always come ...

Hasan Hadi's The President's Cake, which was part of the 2025 Quinzaine des Cinéastes selection, was awarded the Caméra d'Or ...

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 ...

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, ...