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In Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia is given the daunting task of baking a cake to celebrate the president’s birthday. Accompanied by her friend Saeed, her quest for ingredients turns her everyday life upside down.
Cast : Baneen Ahmed Nayyef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Rahim Alhaj
Scenario : Hasan Hadi
Cinematography : Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Editing : Andu Radu
Scenario : Hasan Hadi
Cinematography : Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Editing : Andu Radu
Production : Maiden Voyage Pictures, Missing Piece Films, Spark Features, Working Barn Productions
Distribution : Tandem Films
Distribution : Tandem Films
Iraqi screenwriter and director Hasan Hadi grew up in southern Iraq during the war and has worked in journalism, production and as an associate professor of film at New York University. He has received the Gotham-Marcie Bloom Fellowship, the Black Family Production Prize and the Sloan Foundation Production Award. A Sundance Lab fellow in 2022, he received the 2022 Sundance/NHK Award, the SFFILM Rainin Fellowship and the Doha Film Institute Fellowship for his debut film, The President’s Cake.