Film

The President's Cake 2026

106 min TMDB 7.4 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 as Lamia
  • Sajad Mohamad Qasem as Saeed
  • Waheed Thabet Khreibat as Bibi
  • Rahim AlHaj as Jasim
  • Muthanna Malaghi as Muthanna
  • Ahmad Qasem Saywan as Musa

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