The President's Cake

While people across 1990’s Iraq struggle to survive, 9-year-old Lamia has been selected to prepare a cake to celebrate the President’s birthday. In a landscape of fear and scarcity, where basic ingredients are nearly impossible to find, Lamia sets out on a determined journey throughout the big city in search of eggs, flour, and sugar. Accompanied by her grandmother, her loyal friend Saeed, and her pet rooster Hindi, she navigates vendors and police officers along the way.

• Baneen Ahmed Nayyef Lamia
• S Sajad Mohamad Qasem Saeed
• W Waheed Thabet Khreibat Bibi
• R Rahim AlHaj Jasim
• M Muthanna Malaghi Muthanna

• Official UK Trailer [Subtitled]
• Extended Preview
• "Through Young Eyes" with Writer-Director Hasan Hadi
• Screenwriter and playwright Laith Elzubaidi reviews THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE
• A schoolgirl must bake a cake for Saddam Hussein in THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE [Subtitled]
• Dalia Al-Dujaili on THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE
• Director Hasan Hadi on working with non-actors for THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE
• Clip - Lamia and Saeed at a Bar
• "The Perfect Recipe" with Writer-Director Hasan Hadi
• BIFF2025 Trailer | The President's Cake | A Window on Asian Cinema