The President's Cake

infrequent strong language, child sexual abuse references, sexual threat
Director(s)Hasan Hadi
Production year2025
Release date13/02/2026
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes105m
CastBaneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem

The President's Cake

infrequent strong language, child sexual abuse references, sexual threat
In 1990s Iraq, a nine-year-old girl is chosen to provide a cake for her school class to celebrate the birthday of dictat ...
In 1990s Iraq, a nine-year-old girl is chosen to provide a cake for her school class to celebrate the birthday of dictator Saddam Hussein, in this drama.
violence
threat and horror
language
discrimination
injury detail
sexual violence and sexual threat
theme
alcohol and smoking
infrequent strong language, child sexual abuse references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
03/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
A child shoves and strikes another. A man drags a boy from his shop.
threat and horror
Frightened children take shelter in a building as gunfire sounds and bombs explode nearby. A man implies that a child and their family may have been beaten for defying state rules. There are scenes in which a child is chased by adults.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'shit', 'ass', 'bastard', 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
discrimination
A boy is referred to as 'the cripple's son'.
injury detail
Men are occasionally seen with blood seeping through the bandages of dressed injuries; dried blood is splashed over a butcher's overall.
sexual violence and sexual threat
It becomes clear that a seemingly kindly man intends to sexually abuse a young girl; she escapes before any assault can occur. A man attempts to make a bargain with a pregnant woman to give her supplies in return for sexual favours; she reluctantly agrees but this situation does not progress.
theme
Characters grieve for lost loved ones and there are references to illness. There are also scenes which focus on people living under a dictatorship during wartime.
alcohol and smoking
Characters smoke cigarettes and from hookah pipes.
Classified Date:
26/11/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified date03/12/2025
LanguageArabic
violence
threat and horror
language
discrimination
injury detail
sexual violence and sexual threat
theme
alcohol and smoking
Director(s)Hasan Hadi
Production year2025
Release date13/02/2026
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes105m
CastBaneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem
infrequent strong language, child sexual abuse references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
03/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
A child shoves and strikes another. A man drags a boy from his shop.
threat and horror
Frightened children take shelter in a building as gunfire sounds and bombs explode nearby. A man implies that a child and their family may have been beaten for defying state rules. There are scenes in which a child is chased by adults.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'shit', 'ass', 'bastard', 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
discrimination
A boy is referred to as 'the cripple's son'.
injury detail
Men are occasionally seen with blood seeping through the bandages of dressed injuries; dried blood is splashed over a butcher's overall.
sexual violence and sexual threat
It becomes clear that a seemingly kindly man intends to sexually abuse a young girl; she escapes before any assault can occur. A man attempts to make a bargain with a pregnant woman to give her supplies in return for sexual favours; she reluctantly agrees but this situation does not progress.
theme
Characters grieve for lost loved ones and there are references to illness. There are also scenes which focus on people living under a dictatorship during wartime.
alcohol and smoking
Characters smoke cigarettes and from hookah pipes.
Classified Date:
26/11/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified date03/12/2025
LanguageArabic