The President’s Cake, Iraq’s first Oscar-shortlisted feature film
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
14/25
Freshness
15/25
Authority
14/20
Brand Signal
3/15
Depth
10/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
Hasan Hadi’s coming-of-age drama follows Lamia, a 9-year-old girl growing up in 1990s Iraq, as she is tasked with baking a birthday cake to honour president Saddam Hussein


