Sunshine Coast FrenchFilmFestival
Sponsored by the: 2026 Summer French Festival
The President's Cake (Iraq) - Shortlisted for the Oscars "Sincere and Impressive" Noosa Sun
Sun, 15 Mar
|BCC Cinemas Noosa
9-yr -old Lamia from a poor Marsh-Arab background is chosen to make a cake to celebrate Sadam Hussein's birthday in 1990. Ingredients for such things are scarce and she has little money. She has to use her wits in the city nearby to secure them and stay safe. "Luminous"
Time & Location
15 Mar 2026, 2:30 pm – 4:15 pm
BCC Cinemas Noosa, 29 Sunshine Beach Rd, Noosa Heads QLD 4567, Australia
Guests
About the Event
The President's Cake film trailer HERE
M 105min
Written & Directed by: Hasan Hadi Stars: Baneen Ahmed Nayyef, Waheeda Thabet, and Sajad Mohamad Qasem
While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, the President's administration requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday.
Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients and prepare the mandatory cake.
One of Iraq's marginalised marsh Arabs , she lives in a tent with her grandmother who struggles to care for her. She gets an apple for lunch if she's lucky which her teacher steals. When her grandmother takes her to the city to buy ingredients to make the cake she discovers that she is is actually offering her to a couple to look after a…
Tickets
General Admission
$19.00
+$0.48 ticket service fee
Group Pass (Admits 4)
$60.00
+$1.50 ticket service fee
Concession Card Holders
$17.95
+$0.45 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00