The President’s Cake (12A) at South Hill Park
Tue 10 Mar
|South Hill Park Arts Centre
Camera d’Or winner at Cannes 2025
Time & Location
10 Mar 2026, 19:30
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA, UK
About the Event
Directed by Hasan Hadi | Drama | 105 mins | Iraq/USA/Qatar | 2025 | Arabic with English subtitles
Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat
In Hasan Hadi’s engrossing debut, a young girl is faced with the challenge of baking a cake for her school’s celebration of Saddam Hussein’s birthday. Though considered a great honour, nine-year-old Lamia’s task feels impossible, as she and her grandmother Bibi already struggle to get by. But armed with a shopping list and her pet rooster, Lamia remains determined as she sets off to find ingredients.
A child’s eye view of a dictatorship, “The President’s Cake” skillfully navigates between the comic and the tragic - BFI