Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hasan Hadi used his own memories of 1990s Iraq for the film (Xavier GALIANA) (Xavier GALIANA/AFP/AFP) For Iraqis who lived through ...

Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to make a birthday cake for the Iraqi president, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredients ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iraqi writer/director Hasan Hadi finds a most unusual way into the story of Saddam Hussein, who served as president of his country ...

Taking place during 1990s Iraq, “The President’s Cake” serves as a glimpse into life under dictator Saddam Hussein as 9-year-old Lamia attempts to bake a cake for his birthday.

For Iraqis who lived through the 1990s, dictator Saddam Hussein's birthday on April 28 was a disorientating day of celebration and propaganda. Parties were staged across the sanctions-hit country to ...

Cannes: Marielle Heller and Eric Roth executive-produce Hasan Hadi's 1990s-set sales title, premiering in Directors' Fortnight. Iraqi writer/director Hasan Hadi finds a most unusual way into the story ...

Pakistan, Feb. 5 -- For Iraqis who lived through the 1990s, dictator Saddam Hussein's birthday on April 28 was a disorientating day of celebration and propaganda.