LUXFILMLAB
Every first Wednesday of the month, the LuxFilmLab - a joint initiative of the Luxembourg City Film Festival and Kinepolis - spotlights a work chosen in consultation with the LuxFilmFest team and the Kinepolis programming team.
One of the Festival's representatives will introduce this unique session, with the ambition to support and accompany works whose temporality does not allow them to be presented within the strict framework of the Festival, but whose qualities would have made them likely to be selected.
The President's Cake
Wednesday, May 6th - 8.00pm - Ciné Utopia
Synopsis:
While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients for the mandatory cake or face the consequences.
