The President's Cake

The President's Cake (2026)

7.4 106 min Movie
Drama

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.

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Cast

Baneen Ahmed Nayyef Baneen Ahmed Nayyef Lamia
Sajad Mohamad Qasem Sajad Mohamad Qasem Saeed
Waheed Thabet Khreibat Waheed Thabet Khreibat Bibi
Rahim AlHaj Rahim AlHaj Jasim
Muthanna Malaghi Muthanna Malaghi Muthanna
Ahmad Qasem Saywan Ahmad Qasem Saywan Musa
Thaer Salem Thaer Salem Majdi
Fatima Abouharoon Fatima Abouharoon Rahma
Mohammed Rheimeh Mohammed Rheimeh Izzat
Rokia Alwadi Rokia Alwadi Hiyam
Abdelkarim Jasim Abdelkarim Jasim Malik
Maytham Mreidi Maytham Mreidi Saeed's Father

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