Words Behind Berries
By investigating the creative process of preparing jam, a filmmaker and a cook develop a recipe of friendship, reflecting on food, art, and love. Director: Andressa Back
Fugetsu-Do
An intimate portrait of a sweet shop that has been an anchor for the Japanese-American community in Little Tokyo since 1903. The ingredients of the brightly-colored pieces of mochi-gashi that line Fugetsu-Do’s wood-paneled cases include so much more than rice flour and sweet bean paste. Mixed inside are stories of joy and pain, tradition and …Read more »
Italy In Bocca: The world rarest, funkiest cookbooks
20 rare cookbooks, 4 wild dishes, 2 best friends, 1 good thing to come out of the pandemic. Shot in one day just before quarantine, two friends use a series of rare Italian cookbooks to take a virtual trip to 4 fantastic regions of Italy without leaving their kitchen. “Sourcing the absolute best ingredients from …Read more »
Juice of life
Juice of life (Succo di vite) is a documentary that portrays a whole year in Valli Unite, an alternative agricultural cooperative in North Italy. Through interviews with its protagonists and material in the field, the viewer will learn about the daily life of this cooperative, its philosophy, its history and its plans for the future. …Read more »
Family Dishes
A glimpse to Chinese gastronomy through the eyes of Liu Shufan ad her granddaughter Huang Xiaoman; a small family from Chengdu, Sichuan. We dive into the family’s memory and heritage using one of the most important elements of Chinese gastronomy: The Family Dishes. Director: Joel Ortega