Hailed by Variety as a "warm and heart-tugging tale," Hasan Hadi's "The President's Cake," Iraq's first film selected for Cannes, has won the Directors' Fortnight People's Choice prize, the first ...
Ray Mendoza spent 16 years serving with the Navy SEALs, receiving a Silver Star for his heroism during the Global War on Terrorism. In his post-military career, he helped Hollywood present a more ...
A harrowing 2006 Navy SEAL mission in Ramadi, Iraq, comes to brutally authentic life in “Warfare,” the latest collaboration between “Civil War” director Alex Garland and military veteran Ray Mendoza.
LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - New A24 movie "Warfare" places audiences among a platoon of U.S. Navy SEALs as they battle insurgents during the Iraq War. Written and directed by combat veteran Ray ...
Hasan Hadi, Director of ‘The President’s Cake,’ on the Journey of Making Iraq’s First Film at Cannes
Iraqi director Hasan Hadi’s debut feature, “The President’s Cake,” which screens in Directors’ Fortnight, is the first film from Iraq at to play in Cannes. Set in Iraq the 1990s, it also “fills a gap, ...
While watching an opening scene featuring Jane Fonda style aerobics, you likely won’t predict that you are about to experience the greatest war film since “Saving Private Ryan,” if not of all time.
In a recent phone interview from Los Angeles, Haggis said he first felt the urge to make a film about the psychological impact of the then-young war in Iraq on U.S. soldiers in 2003, after seeing ...
It was 4 July 2003 when a Turkish military outpost in northern Iraq was surrounded by American GIs. Eleven Turkish officers are arrested and led away with sacks over their heads. The disgrace is so ...
Israeli director’s Eran Kolirin latest, a film about a trip through Gaza, an Iraq nuclear talks drama and ‘Mare’s Nest’ are among the offerings likely to spark reflection and debate. By Georg Szalai ...
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