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  "textContent": "\n\n“People are not used to seeing these images from Iraq,” says Hasan Hadi. “It was an uphill battle to make this film. I feel like it opens the door for other artists in Iraq.” Hadi, a 37-year-old Iraqi writer-director, is in a Holborn office, talking to me about his debut feature, _The President’s Cake_. After premiering at Cannes, where it won the Camera d’Or, the deft coming-of-ager is Iraq’s first film to reach the Oscars shortlist for Internationalhellip;\n\nread more raquo;\n\nnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;\nView Gallery (9 images)nbsp;\n\n",
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