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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yellow Cake  The Film Verdict

Sugary Animation, Wedding Cake & Pizza in Movies  Columbus Underground

The President’s Cake  filmreviewdaily.com

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

Movie Review: Child hopes to Survive Iraq’s Dictatorship by baking “The President’s Cake”  rogersmovienation.com

‘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

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

This luminous film shows a side of Iraq many Westerners have never seen  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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

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

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

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

Film review: Father Mother Sister Brother, The President's Cake  Law Society Journal

How to bake a cake for Saddam Hussein  Dazed

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

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

This new fashion film takes the cake  shots.net

The President’s Cake: ‘sweet tragedy’ about a little Iraqi girl on a baking mission  The Week

‘The President’s Cake’ is a beguiling, heartbreaking slice of life under Saddam Hussein  San Francisco Chronicle

Keeper Review: Osgood Perkins Bakes An Unnerving And Ultimately Satisfying Layer Cake Of Horror  SlashFilm