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The President’s Cake: Cannes-winning Iraqi drama is an instant classic  South China Morning Post

‘The President’s Cake’ Review: Party Politics  The New York Times

Iraqi film draws on Saddam-era childhood in tale of life under dictatorship  NPR

Hasan Hadi’s The President’s Cake marks a new era for Iraqi filmmaking  A Rabbit's Foot

“The President’s Cake” Is a Neorealist Treasure from Iraq  The New Yorker

Review: ‘The President’s Cake’  dailyuw.com

The President’s Cake  filmreviewdaily.com

Composition Is the Cake, Everything Else Is Frosting  No Film School

Yellow Cake  The Film Verdict

The President's Cake review: Making sweets for Saddam  Roger Ebert

The World Premiere Is Here for 'Cake,' Led by 'Chicago Fire' Stars, Optimus, Director Erick Juarez  Screen Magazine

Hasan Hadi on shooting debut film The President’s Cake in Iraq  The Skinny

‘Yes, they would execute a child’: the film about a girl who has to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein  The Guardian

Review: 'Send Help' Successfully Has Its Cake and Eats It Too  The Outside Scoop | Scott Mendelson

‘The President’s Cake’ Film Review: A Moving, Often Harrowing Portrait of Resilience -  Movies We Texted About

'Makin' Cake' documentary uses history of cake to explore racism  WUWM

What the Hell Is Going On in ‘Keeper’?  Rolling Stone

The President’s Cake review – toughly revealing story of kid on a baking mission for Saddam Hussein’s birthday  The Guardian

Review | ‘The President’s Cake’ delivers a grim yet compelling narrative  The Daily Iowan

Cannes favorite ‘The President’s Cake’ is a fable with real-world immediacy  The Christian Science Monitor

Review: The President’s Cake — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott  The Saturday Evening Post

The best 12 movies from Middle East and Arab cinema in 2025  Middle East Eye

‘The President’s Cake’ Review: Hasan Hadi’s Layered Drama is as Entertaining as it is Compelling [A-] TIFF  AwardsWatch

How to bake a cake for Saddam Hussein  Dazed

‘The President’s Cake’: First U.S. Trailer For Cannes Winner & Iraqi Oscar Hopeful  Deadline

With childlike whimsy, ‘The President’s Cake’ paints nuanced picture of everyday Iraqi life under ’90s fascist rule  The Brown Daily Herald

‘The President’s Cake’ Director Hasan Hadi’s Makes History With First-Ever Iraqi Title to Land on the International Feature Oscar Shortlist  Variety

‘Yellow Cake’ Fuses Pulpy, Political Sci-Fi With Brazil Folklife, Radioactivity, and the Pending Apocalypse (Exclusive IFFR Clips)  The Hollywood Reporter