The President's Cake (2025): Cast, Story & Where to Watch in Persian

Where can I watch The President's Cake in Persian?

The President's Cake streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It is available with a Persian dub and with Persian subtitles. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 2025 drama film from United States of America. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.

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In The Presidents Cake, a 2025 drama set during Iraq's 1990s sanctions era, nine-year-old Lamia is picked for a task no one in her class wanted.

What is The President's Cake about?

Food is scarce and daily life is a grind of shortages, yet every school in the country is ordered to bake a cake for Saddam Hussein's birthday. Lamia tries to stay out of the selection and fails, and abruptly the burden of finding sugar, eggs and flour under near-impossible conditions falls to a nine-year-old. Director Hasan Hadi builds the film around her resourcefulness rather than around the adults in charge, following a child who has to barter, improvise and outthink a system built on fear in order to complete an assignment she never chose. The result plays out as a survival story disguised as an errand, using one unavoidable task to show what ordinary households actually endured.

About the cast

Banin Ahmad Nayef carries the film as Lamia, supported by Sajad Mohamad Qasem and Waheed Thabet Khreibat, with Rahim AlHaj, Muthanna Malaghi, Ahmad Qasem Saywan and Fatima Abouharoon rounding out an Iraqi ensemble drawn largely from first-time performers.

Context & significance

The Presidents Cake is a United States production filmed with an eye for the texture of everyday Iraqi life rather than for its politics as spectacle, keeping its focus on one family's improvisation rather than on the regime issuing the order. It has drawn a strongly positive audience response, standing out among recent films that revisit the period through a child's perspective instead of a historical or military one.

Watching The President's Cake on Ktime

K-Time carries The Presidents Cake with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking audiences either way to follow the story. Watching only requires signing in with a free K-Time account, and the film's page can be browsed beforehand without logging in, consistent with K-Time's Farsi-first library for viewers in the diaspora.

Cast & crew

The President's Cake is a 2025 drama film from United States of America. It was directed by Hasan Hadi. The cast is led by Banin Ahmad Nayef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat. It runs 106 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.

Director

Hasan Hadi

Cast

Banin Ahmad Nayef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Rahim AlHaj, Muthanna Malaghi, Ahmad Qasem Saywan, Thaer Salem, Fatima Abouharoon

Country

United States of America

Year

2025

Runtime

106 min

Genre

Drama

Frequently asked questions

What is The Presidents Cake about?

It follows nine-year-old Lamia in 1990s Iraq as she is chosen to gather the ingredients for a mandatory birthday cake for Saddam Hussein.

Who directed The Presidents Cake?

Hasan Hadi directed the 2025 drama, working with a largely first-time Iraqi cast led by Banin Ahmad Nayef.

Is The Presidents Cake dubbed or subtitled in Persian?

Yes, K-Time offers the film with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles.

How do I watch The Presidents Cake on K-Time?

Create a free K-Time account and stream it right away, no separate purchase needed.

What year was The President's Cake made?

The President's Cake was released in 2025 and is available to stream in Persian on Ktime.