The President's Cake

Name: The President's Cake
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-01-22
Duration: 106 min
Cast: Haidar Jamal Jaber, Aqeel Al Shamri, Ahmad Qasem Saywan, Rokia Alwadi, Elaf Mohamed

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Release Date

1/22/2026

Runtime

106 mins

Genres

Drama

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

Revenue

$4,084

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A haunting coming-of-age story that uses a child's desperate search for birthday cake ingredients as a lens on the impossible choices and small acts of resistance under authoritarian rule. It's a quietly devastating portrait of innocence confronting systemic cruelty.