Culinary Cinema Archives - Cork International Film Festival

Culinary Cinema

Farming is Medicine

Showtime: Sun 16 Nov at 12:30

Triskel Cinema

37 mins

United States

Masha Karpoukhina

What do health and poverty, colonialism and climate change, farming and medicine have in common? This compelling documentary reveals how these seemingly separate issues are in fact deeply intertwined.

Mam

Showtime: Sun 09 Nov at 17:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

81 mins

France

Nan Feix

After falling in love with Vietnamese cuisine during a life-changing trip abroad, Jerald, a self-taught chef from small-town Texas, arrives in New York City with one goal: to open his own restaurant. One night, the young woman who runs a Chinatown food joint finds Jerald secretly practicing his recipe ideas in the basement kitchen.

Rioja: The Land of a Thousand Wines (Rioja, La Tierra de los Mil Vinos)

Showtime: Sat 08 Nov at 12:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

96 mins

Spain

José Luis López-Linares

Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of the most well-known of Spanish wines. This captivating documentary boasts the most complete and careful editing of interviews, gorgeous landscapes, immersive music, and never before seen access to the wine making process, highlighting the relationship between the tradition’s origins and its powerful global appeal.

Rioja: The Land of a Thousand Wines (Rioja, La Tierra de los Mil Vinos) @ BALLYMALOE GRAINSTORE

Showtime: Sat 08 Nov at 18:30

Ballymaloe Grainstore

96 mins

Spain

José Luis López-Linares

Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of the most well-known of Spanish wines.This captivating documentary boasts the most complete and careful editing of interviews, gorgeous landscapes, immersive music, and never before seen access to the wine making process, highlighting the relationship between the tradition’s origins and its powerful global appeal.

The Dinner (La Cena)

Showtime: Wed 12 Nov at 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

106 mins

Spain, France

Manuel Gomez Pereira

In this biting comedy set in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Franco invites his top generals for a night of triumph. But in the hotel’s kitchen, a group of defeated Republican chefs are secretly preparing the meal - while also cooking up their last chance to escape the country.