Bread in the Bones
Stories of work and play, of love and loss…and bread. Bread has been at the center of human life and creativity for at least the last ten thousand years – it is in our bones and a witness to history. This essay documentary brings bread to the front of the line and explores its relation …Read more »
Spicy Calabria
A poetic travel in Calabria region, discovering the secrets of spicy food and the spicy way of living of Southern Italy. Director: Giacomo Arrigoni
(R)evolution Champenoise, the Vineyard Rules
Champagne is probably the vineyard that has been most industrialized in France. The economic success of Champagne has led to the omission of traditional viticultural practices and the use of synthetic chemicals. This documentary is a tribute to the winemakers of the Champagne (vignerons), whose respect for the soil and love of the vineyard are …Read more »
My Farmland
My Farmland explores how Chinese national and Chinese immigrants’ investments are affecting traditional Canada’s agricultural sector by following three families: two in tiny Saskatchewan farming communities, the other in the wine-making region of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. The film tells a very human story of how communities react to an influx of people from a different culture …Read more »
WINE and WAR
Lebanon’s wine culture stretches back, almost 7,000 years, and the second millennium BC, the Phoenicians, a Canaanite people who inhabited the Levantine coast, created a powerful trading empire that gave the gift of wine to the then known world, including Greece and ancient Rome. WINE and WAR is a feature documentary about the history of …Read more »