The President's Cake

Synopsis

Two awards at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, including the Camera d’Or for Best First Feature, for this year’s festival gem. An audience-friendly, bittersweet, and tender tragicomedy from Iraq that transforms childhood innocence into an act of resistance against political brutality.

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Directed by

Hasan Hadi

Cast

Baneen Ahmad NayyefWaheed Thabet KhreibatSajad Mohamad QasemMuthanna Malaghi+1 see all

Other titles

Η Τούρτα του Προέδρου

Awards

Cannes Film Festival, Athens International Film Festival

Language

Arabic

Age rating

12