The First Dinner

The First Dinner is a short documentary that follows a young woman as she shares a meal with her estranged father for the first time in fifteen years. Set almost entirely around the dinner table, the film observes how silence, hesitation, and small gestures carry the weight of unresolved history. As conversation slowly unfolds, the meal becomes a fragile space for confrontation, vulnerability, and the possibility of reconciliation, revealing how family bonds can fracture and tentatively be rebuilt.

The film is by Thekra Zohir Makalde, whose work focuses on intimate encounters and the emotional complexity of family relationships.