Mariam returns home after four years at Stanford with a Korean male friend to find herself in the midst of a traditional Emirati family dinner organized by her famous butcher father.

Desert Rose Films produced this short family comedy with Nancy Paton in Abu Dhabi during Ramadan 2019 and finished post-production with Nineseven1 Creative during Ramadan 2020.

‘The DInner' was written, directed, and acted by the winners of the Desert Rose Films Female Short Film Program; Afana Abdulraoof Issa Alqasimi, Mona Albaloushi, and Noura Bint Hussam Al Saud. Check out our website for more details about our program.