In 2018, he received the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) development grant for his debut feature Sand City, which later secured a production grant from Visions Sud Est and show cased in Cannes Film Festival's La Fabrique.
[3][4] Mahde Hasan participated in the first batch of the Standard Chartered - The Daily Star Celebrating Life filmmaking workshop.
[6] In 2019, Sand City was selected for La Fabrique Cinéma at the Cannes Film Festival, giving him a platform to pitch his project to international producers and distributors.
[4] He is an alumnus of Film Independent, the Locarno Open Doors program, and the Produire au Sud (PAS) Workshop, each of which provided him with international exposure and development opportunities.
[8] CNC Prize: Awarded for the script development of Sand City, and won production grant from Visions Sud Est.