The President's Cake

Featured in the 9th Edition of Cinema Circle @ THE LOT, The President’s Cake offers a powerful coming-of-age story set in 1990s Iraq. When a young girl is selected to bake a birthday cake for the President during a time of war and severe shortages, she is thrust into an impossible task that tests her courage and ingenuity. Tense and deeply human, the film reveals childhood resilience in the shadow of authoritarian rule.