# The President's Cake (2025)

**German title:** Ein Kuchen für den Präsidenten


**Genres:** Drama

**Duration:** 105 min

**Age rating:** FSK 6

**IMDb:** [7.6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36580119/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.0](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-presidents-cake/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 99%, Popcornmeter: 92%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_presidents_cake)

## Description

In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.

## Details

**Premiere:** 05 Feb 2026

**Director:** Hasan Hadi

**Cast:** Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Muthanna Malaghi, Ahmad Qasem Saywan, Maytham Mreidi, Rahim AlHaj, Thaer Salem, Ali Khalaf, Fatima Abouharoon, Mahmoud Mazen Lazen, Aqeel Wadi

**Countries:** Iraq, Qatar, United States

**Languages:** Arabic

**Available versions:** OmeU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i3idbVnC6I)

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-05-25 (Monday)

- **[IL KINO](/cinemas/41-il-kino.md) (Neukölln):** [2026-05-25 20:50](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino-berlin/il-kino/vorstellung/3522011311?appView=1)  (OmeU)