culinary cinema
20 September: Restaurante: Basque Culinary Center Cocineros: Iñaki Aizpitarte, Philippe Arrambide, Rubén Trincado THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY LASSE HALLSTRÖM (USA) A flavour-packed comedy starring Academy Award winner Helen Mirren and directed by the acclaimed filmmaker, Lasse Hallström. Hassan Kadam is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of a perfect pitch who opens an Indian restaurant in the quaint village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val in the south of France, a hundred feet from the Michelin starred French restaurant run by Madame Mallory: the two eateries soon declare war on one another.
21 September: Restaurant: ni neu Chefs: Mikel Gallo, Kenji Takahashi LITTLE FOREST - NATSU & AKI / LITTLE FOREST - SUMMER/AUTUMN JUNICHI MORI (JAPAN) Eat to live. Cook to eat. Ichiko lives off the land and recharge. A life style where everything is interconnected. A film is comprised of four seasons in Japan. The simple, yet inventive recipes are sure to make you feel hungry!
22 September: Restaurant: Basque Culinary Center Chef: Jakob Mielcke TXIPIRONES EN SU TINTA (SQUID IN ITS INK) (Short film) XABIER GUTIÉRREZ (SPAIN) The painter Juan Vich and the chef Xabier Gutiérrez each make their own version of the dish, baby squid in its ink. With no words, in silence, each one goes about his work.
FOODIES THOMAS JACKSON, CHARLOTTE LANDELIUS, HENRIK STOCKARE (SWEDEN - NETHERLANDS) The interest in haute cuisine has grown exponentially. Now, we enter the world of the most influential people on the food scene - the foodie. A subculture of blogging food critics with a mission to eat at the best restaurants on earth.
23 September: Restaurant: Restaurante Tenis Ondarreta Chefs: Aitor Arregui, Kevin Patricio HOZOUR / PRESENCE (Short film) HOSSEIN RASTI (IRAN) Each year, during the 7 days mourning for the third Imam of Shiis in a small town in Iran, a special vow food called “abgoosht”, is offered to more than 5000 persons. People prepare food and bread while weeping and whispering some religious chants.
SOUL OF A BANQUET WAYNE WANG (USA) Director Wayne Wang takes us into the world of Cecilia Chiang, the woman who introduced America to authentic Chinese food. The film is equal parts a delectable showcase of gastronomy and a touching portrait of Chiang.
24 September: Restaurant: Basque Culinary Center Chefs: Francis Paniego, Nacho Manzano BROOKLYN FARMER (Short film) MICHAEL TYBURSKI (USA) A group of urban farmers in New York City called "Brooklyn Grange" set out to build the world's largest rooftop farm in one of the world's biggest cities.
RECIPE ERIC KHOO (SINGAPORE) The new film by reputed director Eric Khoo (Be With Me, Tatsumi) is the story about the relationship between a woman and her ageing mother and their common love for cooking.
25 September: Restaurant: Mirador de Ulía Chef: Rubén Trincado STEAK (R)ÉVOLUTION / STEAK (R)EVOLUTION FRANCK RIBIÈRE (FRANCE) Gourmet road trip looking for the best steaks in the world. Breeders, farmers, butchers, cooks, historians and business men all around the world (France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, UK, USA, Canada, Japan, Argentina, Brazil) share their secrets.
26 September: Restaurant: Basque Culinary Center Chef: Gastón Acurio NERUA, UN VIAJE A LA ESENCIA (NERUA, A JOURNEY TO THE ESSENCE) (Short film) IVÁN MIÑAMBRES (SPAIN) A documentary explaining the roots and details of the project of the chef of the Nerua restaurant at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, a proposal that stretches beyond gastronomy.
BUSCANDO A GASTÓN (FINDING GASTON) PATRICIA PEREZ (PERU - USA) A tour of Peruvian gastronomy on the heels of chef Gaston Acurio in his quest to use cuisine as a catalyst for change in his country. Stories, dreams and flavours from a country caught up day to day in the power of cuisine.
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