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The President's Cake (2026)
Directed by Hasan Hadi
Drama · 1h 46m
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.
Cast
Baneen Ahmed Nayyef
Lamia
S
Sajad Mohamad Qasem
Saeed
W
Waheed Thabet Khreibat
Bibi
R
Rahim AlHaj
Jasim
M
Muthanna Malaghi
Muthanna
A
Ahmad Qasem Saywan
Musa
T
Thaer Salem
Majdi
F
Fatima Abouharoon
Rahma
M
Mohammed Rheimeh
Izzat
R
Rokia Alwadi
Hiyam
A
Abdelkarim Jasim
Malik
M
Maytham Mreidi
Saeed's Father
Crew
- Director
- Hasan Hadi
- Writer
- Hasan Hadi
- Director of Photography
- Tudor Vladimir Panduru
- Editor
- Andu Radu
- Producer
- Leah Chen Baker
Details
- Release date
- 2026-01-22
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Maiden Voyage Pictures, Missing Piece Films, Spark Features, Working Barn Productions
- Box office
- $4,084