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The President's Cake - waiting

by Courtesy of Cannes Directors' Fortnight

A still from the film The President’s Cake. A nine-year-old Iraqi girl is waiting with her cockerel under a portrait of Saddam Hussein. An older Iraqi woman can be seen standing nearby.

The President's Cake director Hasan Hadi: 'One of the intentions was that I also wanted to break this fear about shooting a film in Iraq and I’m really glad I had an amazing team who stood by me'

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