“The President’s Cake,” from filmmaker Hasan Hadi, won best narrative feature. From distributor Sony Pictures Classics, the feature follows a young Iraqi girl who is chosen to bake her school a celebratory dessert in observation of Saddam Hussein’s birthday. As she hustles to gather ingredients over a scarce landscape, the realities of a dictatorship become clear.
Hiff, presented by Artemis Rising Foundation, awarded Hadi a $2,500 cash prize plus a film production package of in-kind goods and services valued at $92,500 from Tcs, Neon Diesel Finishing, Hamptons Locations and On Location Education.
“Through the eyes of a young girl torn between tradition and survival, Hasan Hadi’s expansive drama shows us what’s really at stake in a dictatorship led with violence and fear,” Narrative Competition Jury members Jody Arlington,…
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