The President’s Cake (zebracinema)

While the inhabitants of Iraq in the 90s try to survive amidst the war and food shortages, Saddam Hoessein demands that every school in the country bake a cake to celebrate his birthday. 9-year-old Lamia is also ordered to bring a cake to school for the president's mandatory birthday celebration. A particularly moving and intimate film, which as the very first film from Iraq in Cannes last year won both the Audience Award and the prestigious Caméra d'Or, which is awarded every year to the best debut film. Iraq, 102 minutes