Director: Hassan Hadi
Genre: Social Drama
Language: Arabic with Greek subtitles
Runtime: 102' (Followed by a 15-minute discussion)

Free Admission

“President's Cake” won the “Golden Camera” Award at the Cannes Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the “Premiere Nights” festival.

Synopsis

The 1990s, Saddam Hussein’s Iraq: dictatorship and sanctions weigh heavily on the lives of citizens. A nine-year-old girl bakes the President’s mandatory birthday cake, where failure means imprisonment or punishment.

Venue: Larnaca Municipal Theater (G. Lycourgos Theater in the Larnaca Municipal Garden)

Screening time: 8:00 p.m. sharp

Admission is not permitted to persons under the age of 18.

The Cinema Society does not make any seat reservations.

The screening is presented with the support of the Deputy Ministry of Culture, Contemporary Culture Department as well as the support of the Larnaka Municipality.