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Berlin International Film Festival · 2013

Berlin International Film Festival 2013

Culinary Cinema

A taste of food-loving film at its best.

Programme

15 films · 2 reviews

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Being There

A gardener left desitute after his employer dies is taken in by a businessman who mistakes his simple observations for wisdom.

(Country: US; Year: 1979; Director: Hal Ashby; Stars: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden)

Couscous Island

A documentary following the women of a small island south of Dakar as they harvest and process couscous in the traditional way.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2012; Director: Francesco Amato, Stefano Scarafia)

Cuisine As An Agent Of Social Change (Perú Sabe: La Cocina, Arma Social)

Famous chefs travel Peru celebrating the multicultural origins of its cuisine.

(Country: Peru; Year: 2012; Director: Jesús M Santos; Stars: Gastón Acurio, Ferran Adrià)

The Fruit Hunters

The natural history and commercial story of fruit.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Yung Chang; Stars: Bill Pullman, Ken Love, Noris Ledesma, Dr. Richard Campbell, Isabella Dalla Ragione)

GMO OMG

An explortion of the extent of genetically modified ingredients in US food, seen from the perspective of one father worried about what his children are eating.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Jeremy Seifert)

Haleema

A girl is sent to look for water to help her mother and brother, who are on the run from the Janjaweed militia.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2012; Director: Boris Schaarschmidt; Stars: Dara Iruka, Samba Schutte, Larry Thigpen, Peres Owino, Emtithal Mahmoud)

Jadoo

Two brothers who have set up rival restaurants are approached by a daughter who wants them to reunite to cook her wedding feast.

(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Amit Gupta; Stars: Amara Karan, Harish Patel, Kulvinder Ghir, Tom Mison, Madhur Jaffrey)

Kitchen Dreams

Short film sees an eight-year-old wannabe chef, find her wish granted.

(Director: Felipe Ugarte; Writer: Felipe Ugarte)

Make Hummus Not War

An attempt to solve the Middle at peace crisis by celebrating a widely shared love of hummus.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2012; Director: Trevor Graham)

Mussels In Love (L'Amour des Moules)

Review preview for Mussels In Love

Kluijfhout captures a sense of both the shellfish's elegance and mystery.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A look at the complex and ever-changing relationship between humans and mussels.

(Country: Netherlands, Belgium; Year: 2012; Director: Willemiek Kluijfhout) , Official site , Trailer

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Red Obsession

A documentary showing the impact on Bordeaux traditions of a growing Chinese middle class with an increasing appetite for fine wine.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2012; Director: Warwick Ross, David Roach)

The Rice Paddy (La Rizière)

The life of the rice-farming Dong people is seen through different seasons.

(Country: France; Year: 2011; Director: Zhu Xiaoling; Stars: Yang Yingqiu, Yang Xiaoyuan, Wu Shenming, O Xuexin, Shi Guangjin)

Slow Food Story

An update on the development of the slow food movement.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2013; Director: Stefano Sardo; Stars: Carlo Petrini, Azio Citi)

Una Furtiva Lagrima

A black bass laments his journey from fish market to frying pan.

(Country: France, US; Year: 2012; Director: Carlo Vogele)