The President's Cake

While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients for the mandatory cake or face the consequences.

• Hasan HadiDirector
• Hasan HadiWriter

• Baneen Ahmed NayyefLamia
• Sajad Mohamad QasemSaeed
• Waheed Thabet KhreibatBibi
• Rahim AlHajJasim
• Muthanna MalaghiMuthanna
• Ahmad Qasem SaywanMusa
• Thaer SalemMajdi
• Fatima AbouharoonRahma
• Mohammed RheimehIzzat
• Rokia AlwadiHiyam
• Abdelkarim JasimMalik
• Maytham MreidiSaeed's Father