# The President's Cake (2026)

> A determined Iraqi girl races through a landscape of scarcity and surveillance to complete a dictator's compulsory birthday ritual.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7434866

## Facts

- Runtime: 106 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Hasan Hadi
- Cast: Baneen Ahmed Nayyef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Rahim AlHaj, Muthanna Malaghi, Ahmad Qasem Saywan, Thaer Salem, Fatima Abouharoon
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36580119/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: tender, tragicomic, devastating, reflective viewing, arthouse film night

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