The President’s Cake

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The President’s Cake

Friday 13 March 2026 - Thursday 19 March 2026

Cinema

Lamia, a young girl from Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes, is chosen to bake The President’s Cake, to celebrating Saddam Hussein’s birthday, which she must do or face the consequences.

A moving portrait of love, friendship and the resilience of a people caught between authoritarian rule and injudicious US imperialism. 

 

‘The President’s Cake review – toughly revealing story of kid on a baking mission for Saddam Hussein’s birthday’ – The Guardian ★★★★☆

‘The President’s Cake is notable for its unvarnished affecting performance; its digitally shot yet eerily film-like cinematography, which packs a mural’s worth of information into deep-focus, very wide frames with rounded edges.’ – RogerEbert ★★★⯪

 

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Certificate: 12A

Length: 120 minutes

Director: Hasan Hadi

Cast: Banin Ahmad Nayef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Rahim AlHaj

Language: English, Arabic

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Friday 13 March 2026 | 11:00 am

Thursday 19 March 2026 | 5:10 pm

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