the president's cake, iraqi films, films from iraq, saddam hussein, life under saddam's rule, foreign films, foreign dramas, arabic films, hasan hadi

It is no surprise that Hasan Hadi’s 'The President’s Cake' won the prestigious Caméra D’Or for best first feature at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The hard-hitting and intimate drama is both a youthful adventure fable and scathing indictment of authoritarian regimes, and it feels particularly relevant today.