Cologne, Germany -- The Berlinale has finalized the menu for this year's Culinary Cinema sidebar and the spread is a typical smorgasbord of documentaries and dramas with a meaty cuisine hook.
Now in its third year, Berlin's Culinary Cinema section takes the dinner-and-a-movie concept to the next level, featuring gala screenings of food-themed films followed by meals prepared by some of Europe's finest chefs.
Robert Kenner's "Food Inc.," a documentary based on the best-selling expose of the international food production industry, will open the event Feb. 8. Berlin chef Tim Raue will follow up with a non-mass-produced meal for attendees.
Other highlights this year include Gianni Di Gregorio's "Mid-August Lunch," which will run on a double bill with a meal from Luxembourg chef Lea Linster; the Spanish comedy "Dieta Mediterranea" by Joaquin Oristrell, which has inspired a dish from Kolja Kleeberg of Berlin's hip Vau restaurant and Aida Begic's "Snow,...
Now in its third year, Berlin's Culinary Cinema section takes the dinner-and-a-movie concept to the next level, featuring gala screenings of food-themed films followed by meals prepared by some of Europe's finest chefs.
Robert Kenner's "Food Inc.," a documentary based on the best-selling expose of the international food production industry, will open the event Feb. 8. Berlin chef Tim Raue will follow up with a non-mass-produced meal for attendees.
Other highlights this year include Gianni Di Gregorio's "Mid-August Lunch," which will run on a double bill with a meal from Luxembourg chef Lea Linster; the Spanish comedy "Dieta Mediterranea" by Joaquin Oristrell, which has inspired a dish from Kolja Kleeberg of Berlin's hip Vau restaurant and Aida Begic's "Snow,...
- 1/19/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The most typical date in the world is dinner and a movie. But with "Culinary Cinema: Eat, Drink, See Movies," this year's Berlin International Film Festival has taken the traditional date to an entirely new level.
The movies will all revolve around food. The dinners will be cooked by top-ranked chefs, and will be directly inspired by the films. And the filmmakers will be present for a round of conversation with the audience, moderated by one of Germany's most popular talkshow hosts, Alfred Biolek -- who also happens to wield a pretty mean spatula himself.
"Fire was the first expression of human civilization," said "Culinary Cinema" sidebar organizer Thomas Struck, "and cinema is the latest. The very word 'focus' comes from a Latin root meaning 'fireplace' or 'hearth.' To us, each evening is a unified work of art."
The evenings begin with a main film or films at 7:30, followed by the dinner and a chat with Biolek and film participants, and end with a second film at 10 p.m.
Sarah Wiener is a Viennese-born chef who runs three restaurants in Berlin. A half-hour documentary about her culinary adventures in France will screen on Feb. 14 along with "The Chicken, the Fish & the King Crab," a work-in-progress by Jose Luis Lopez-Linares of Spain, and a Japanese comedy, "Purukogi/Bulgogi" (Red Meat Or Innards?) by Su-yeon Gu.
Michelin starred chef Kolja Kleeberg Will Cook an Andalusian meal.
The movies will all revolve around food. The dinners will be cooked by top-ranked chefs, and will be directly inspired by the films. And the filmmakers will be present for a round of conversation with the audience, moderated by one of Germany's most popular talkshow hosts, Alfred Biolek -- who also happens to wield a pretty mean spatula himself.
"Fire was the first expression of human civilization," said "Culinary Cinema" sidebar organizer Thomas Struck, "and cinema is the latest. The very word 'focus' comes from a Latin root meaning 'fireplace' or 'hearth.' To us, each evening is a unified work of art."
The evenings begin with a main film or films at 7:30, followed by the dinner and a chat with Biolek and film participants, and end with a second film at 10 p.m.
Sarah Wiener is a Viennese-born chef who runs three restaurants in Berlin. A half-hour documentary about her culinary adventures in France will screen on Feb. 14 along with "The Chicken, the Fish & the King Crab," a work-in-progress by Jose Luis Lopez-Linares of Spain, and a Japanese comedy, "Purukogi/Bulgogi" (Red Meat Or Innards?) by Su-yeon Gu.
Michelin starred chef Kolja Kleeberg Will Cook an Andalusian meal.
- 2/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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