Mona, a Norwegian blonde, meets her Ghanaian boyfriends family for the first time. What starts as a simple dinner with both sides eager to impress each other, quickly escalates into the most awkward dinner in history!

When Mikhael brings his giggling Norwegian girlfriend Mona to meet his Ghanaian family for the first time, he is convinced they will embrace her. Things start badly, however, when Mikhael's mother brings out a lasagna - "white people's food", as an auntie at the table sneers - but go from bad to worse when Mona greets everyone in Swahili - not their language - and tries to entertain everyone with a frantic pan-African dance. She couldn't get it more excruciatingly wrong if she tried.

mit | estrelado | starring | avec
Mathilde Storm, Tani Dibasey, Kouame Sereba, Kim Fairchild, Bridget Dery, Taume Dery, Amalie Sasha Schanke

ein film von | um filme de | a film by | un film de
Ibrahim Mursal

Norway, Sudan, Somalia | 2024 | Court métrage Fiction | 12mins35 |



Titles | Titres :
African Family Dinner
جلسة خير إفريقيه

Production Country | Pays de Production : Norway | Norvége
Filmmaker's Country | Pays du cinéaste : Norway, Sudan, Somalia | Norvége, Soudan, Somalie
Year | Année : 2024
Runtime | Durée : 12 mins 35s (00:12:35), environ 13 mins
Genre : Comedy | Comédie
Language | Langues : Norwegian, Twi | Norvégien, Twi
Subtitle | Sous-titres : English, Arabic | Anglais, Arabe
Tags : Short Narrative, Love, Family, Comedy, Norway, Sudan, Somalia, Amour, Famille, Comédie, Somalie, Norvége, Soudan, African, West African, Europe, Cuisine, repas, musique


CAST | ACTRICES-ACTEURS (par ordre alphabétique) :
Mathilde Storm...................................... Mona
Tani Dibasey.......................................... Mikhael
Kouame Sereba......................................
Kim Fairchild..........................................
Bridget Dery..........................................
Taume Dery..........................................
Amalie Sasha Schanke.............................

Producer | Producteur
Geir Bergersen

REGISSEUR / REALIZADOR / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATEUR :
Ibrahim MURSAL

Screenwriter | Scénariste :
Tani Dibasey



PRODUKTION / PRODUÇÃO / PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION :
Skagerak Film AS

VERTRIEB / DISTRIBUIÇÃO / DISTRIBUTION / DISTRIBUTION :
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CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals) :
Sjøparken
Geir Bergersen | +47 480 34 183 | g.bergersen(@)gmail.com



FESTIVALS - PROJECÇÕES / FESTIVALS - SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection) :

/// 2025 | North American premiere | Tribeca Festival | Tribeca (Manhattan, New-York, USA) | June 04-14, 2025

/// 2025 | Competition (US Oscars qualifying) | Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) | Harajuku/Omotesando (Tokyo, Japan) | From May 29 to June 10, 2025 & online: online from April 24 to June 30, 2025


/// 2024 | Competition | Red Sea International Film Festival | Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

/// 2024 | International Competition | Leuven International Short Film Festival | Leuven (Belgium) | www.kortfilmfestival.be/film/?id=21135



Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
- www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555687056425
- www.instagram.com/imursal/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Mursal
- www.shortshorts.org/2025/en/program/comp16/african-family-dinner/
- https://redseafilmfest.com/en/rsiff_film/african-family-dinner/
- https://redseafilmfest.com/ar/rsiff_film/african-family-dinner/
- www.kortfilmfestival.be/film/?id=21135
Updated by Thierno DIA, 29 April 2025

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De Noorse Mona ontmoet voor het eerst haar Ghanese schoonfamilie. Een gezellig diner escaleert in zowat het ongemakkelijkste etentje ooit.

Ibrahim Mursal - Noorwegen - 2024 - 13 min.

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عندما يحضر "ميخائيل" صديقته النّرويجيّة الضّاحكة "مونا" للقاء عائلته الغانيّة للمرّة الأولى، يكون مقتنعًا بأنّهم سيرحّبون بها. ولكن تسوء الأمور عندما تقدّم والدة "ميخائيل" اللّازانيا وهو "طعام البيض"، كما تسخر إحدى العمّات على الطّاولة. ولكن الأمور تزداد سوءًا عندما ترحّب "مونا" بالجميع باللّغة السّواحيليّة - وهي ليست لغتهم - وتحاول تسلية الجميع برقص إفريقيّ مثير. فهي لم يكن بإمكانها أن تخطىء بشكل أكثر فظاعة حتى ولو حاولت.

اخراج:
ابراهيم مرسال

المنتج:
جير بيرغرسن

بمشاركة:
ماتيلدا ستورم - تاني ديباسي - كوامي سيريبا - كيم فيرتشايلد - بريدجيت ديري - تاومي ديري - أمالي ساشا شانكي

سيناريو:
تاني ديباسي