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The President's Cake

Fri, Jul 17, 2026
    Part of
  • Contemporary Arab Cinema
  • and
  • BAM Film 2026
Directed by Hasan Hadi (2025)
With Baneen Ahmed Nayyef, Waheeda Thabet, Sajad Mohamad Qasem
While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, President 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, and must use her wits and imagination to gather the scarcely-available ingredients in this directorial debut that earned the 2025 Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      105min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      DCP

      LANGUAGE

      In Arabic with English subtitles

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      General Admission: $17
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