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NVFF 2019: 'Culinary Cinema' Selections

NVFF 2019: ‘Culinary Cinema’ Selections

One of the best things about the programming for the annual Napa Valley Film Festival is the ‘Culinary Cinema’ category. This section of the Fest has food and wine related films, and it’s always the perfect match for a festival held in the heart of California’s wine country (November 13-17, 2019).

This year’s lineup sounds better than ever, with five distinct films screening in the category.

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Culinary Cinema at The Ritz Carlton in Kapalua

Culinary Cinema at The Ritz Carlton in Kapalua

On Sunday, June 25, you can enjoy Culinary Cinema at The Ritz Carlton in Kapalua. Taking place at the Hotel Theater, Maui foodies and film lovers are invited to a one-of-a-kind dinner and a movie experience. There’ll be eight courses, eight chefs and one movie. A portion of the proceeds to benefit the Aloha Backpack Buddies as part of Kapalua Restaurant Week. 21+. $88. The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua,…

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The Lunchbox | 2013 | dir. Ritesh Batra

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The Hundred-Foot Journey | 2014 | dir. Lasse Hallstrom

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JADOO and the 2013 Berlinale Culinary Cinema Selection

'I remember the way that Spike Lee shot Brooklyn, it’s got this sort of nostalgic feel to it. You almost feel like you’re in that place, and what I was trying to do in the filming of Jadoo was capture something of my childhood – and those memories are very much tied up with seeing the place in a certain way. It’s about childhood nostalgia of an area. I think quite a lot of storytelling in filmmaking is about trying to capture your past.'

Amit Gupta, Director of JADOO, with its World Premiere at the 2013 Berlinale Culinary Cinema Selection. 

Other Films in the selection are:

Being There - USA 1979 By Hal Ashby With Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden

Couscous Island- Italy By Francesco Amato, Stefano Scarafia Documentary World Premiere

GMO OMG- USA By Jeremy Seifert Documentary World premiere

Green Porno Season Two - USA 2008 By Isabella Rossellini, Jody Shapiro

Haleema- Germany By Boris Schaarschmidt With Dara Iruka, Dani Dare, Peres Owino, Samba Schutte, Larry Thigpen World Premiere

Jadoo- Great Britain By Amit Gupta With Amara Karan, Harish Patel, Kulvinder Ghir, Tom Mison World Premiere

Kitchen Dreams - Spain By Felipe Ugarte With Naia Ugarte Gillis, Julieta Caruso International Premiere

L’Amour des Moules(Mussels in Love) - Netherlands/Belgium By Willemiek Kluijfhout Documentary German Premiere

La Rizière (The Rice Paddy) - France/People’s Republic of China By Zhu Xiaoling With Yang Yingqiu, Yang Xiaoyuan, Wu Shenming, O Xuexin, Shi Guangjin German Premiere

Make Hummus Not War- Australia By Trevor Graham Documentary International Premiere

CPerú sabe: La cocina, arma social (Cuisine as an Agent of Social Change) - Peru/Spain By Jesús M. Santos With Ferran Adrià, Gastón Acurio Documentary

Red Obsession- Australia By Warwick Ross, David Roach Documentary World Premiere

Slow Food Story- Italy By Stefano Sardo With Carlo Petrini, Azio Citi Documentary World Premiere

The Fruit Hunters- Canada By Yung Chang Documentary German Premiere

The Moo Man- Great Britain/Germany By Andy Heathcote, Heike Bachelier Documentary European Premiere

Una furtiva lagrima- USA By Carlos Vogele German Premiere

Thanks to Screen Daily for the list.

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Culinary Cinema

In our attempt to enter the world of food, the rituals and rules attached to it and even the sensory experience involved with the process of eating, we decided to watch a series of movies concerning food. During searching we came across with the culinary cinema of Berlinale Film Festival where we found out a list of interesting awarded culinary films. And so the movie-session begun!

The first film that we watched was Babette's Feast(1987) where a french woman, Babette enters a strict 19th century Protestant society in Jutland, North of Denmark.

Babette works as a maid serving two sisters whose father was a respected pastor. On the occasion of 100th anniversary of pastor's birth, Babette gives a genuine french dinner. In the last 40 minutes of the movie, the ceremony of cooking and eating takes place. During these minutes we started to realise the profound differences between cultures that are defined by religious and ethical rules. What made a big impression was the whole process that turns into a well excecuted ritual whose parts played an equally important role to guests' experience.

Babette' s  menu

Potage à la Tortue Turtle Soup Amontillado Sherry

Blini Demidoff au Caviar Buckwheat cakes with caviar Veuve Clicquot Champagne 1860

Caille en Sarcophage avec Sauce Perigourdine Quail in Puff Pastry Shell with Foie Gras and Truffle Sauce Clos de Vougeot 1846

La Salade Water

Les Fromages Cheese and Fruit Selection Port

Baba au Rhum avec les Figues Rum Infused Yeast Cake with Dried Figs Coffee

Here are the trailer and the movie in 10 parts. Enjoy!