In 2007, when Dieter Kosslick launched the Berlinale’s inventive Culinary Cinema section, it had been simmering in the back of his mind for decades.
A foodie since way before it became fashionable, Kosslick, who is a former film critic and journalist, in the early 1980s had a monthly column in German magazine Konkret in which he wrote about “the organic world” and “the terrible treatment of animals,” he recalls.
Kosslick is being honored at the Berlin festival with Variety‘s Achievement in International Film Award.
Kosslick says the two most formative experiences in his “food life” are being taken to Berkeley’s Chez Panisse by his then-girlfriend, Ifp founder Sandra Schulberg, who introduced him to eminent chef and activist Alice Waters, and going to restaurants with late great German food critic Wolfram Siebeck, whom met while at college in Munich.
Culinary Cinema, which tapped into the Slow Food movement zeitgeist,...
A foodie since way before it became fashionable, Kosslick, who is a former film critic and journalist, in the early 1980s had a monthly column in German magazine Konkret in which he wrote about “the organic world” and “the terrible treatment of animals,” he recalls.
Kosslick is being honored at the Berlin festival with Variety‘s Achievement in International Film Award.
Kosslick says the two most formative experiences in his “food life” are being taken to Berkeley’s Chez Panisse by his then-girlfriend, Ifp founder Sandra Schulberg, who introduced him to eminent chef and activist Alice Waters, and going to restaurants with late great German food critic Wolfram Siebeck, whom met while at college in Munich.
Culinary Cinema, which tapped into the Slow Food movement zeitgeist,...
- 2/4/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
From the People Archives: Jay Thomas Opens Up About Reconnecting with the Son He Placed for Adoption
Actor and comedian Jay Thomas – best known for Cheers, Murphy Brown and his iconic Late Night story about the Lone Ranger – died at the age of 69 this week. Here, People takes a look back at a 2008 story on how Thomas reconnected with his long lost son, country songwriter J.T. Harding.
On a bright afternoon last November, more than 500 people gathered in Grosse Point, Michigan, for the funeral of Larry Harding, an ad executive and father of three who was beloved for his block parties and his big laugh. The speakers included two of Larry’s sons, his best friend, his...
On a bright afternoon last November, more than 500 people gathered in Grosse Point, Michigan, for the funeral of Larry Harding, an ad executive and father of three who was beloved for his block parties and his big laugh. The speakers included two of Larry’s sons, his best friend, his...
- 8/24/2017
- by Oliver Jones
- PEOPLE.com
Five-day festival in Nova Scotia connects food and films.
Devour! The Food Film Fest, held in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, has given its Golden Tine Awards to Chen Yu-Hsun’s Zone Pro Site: A Moveable Feast [pictured] as best feature drama and Jeremy Seifert’s Gmo Omg as best feature documentary.
Zone Pro Site is about a young woman’s path to her destiny in the kitchen. Gmo Omg is about a father trying to educate himself on what he is feeding his children.
In the shorts categories, the Golden Tines are Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine of Cook It Raw Charleston (documentary), and Scooter Corkle’s Pour Retourner (drama).
“This year we had an exceptionally robust program with films from around the world,” said Michael Howell, executive director of Devour!.
“We are delighted we were able to attract such a high calibre of culinary films. Each of the award winners should be very proud of their achievements.”
The...
Devour! The Food Film Fest, held in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, has given its Golden Tine Awards to Chen Yu-Hsun’s Zone Pro Site: A Moveable Feast [pictured] as best feature drama and Jeremy Seifert’s Gmo Omg as best feature documentary.
Zone Pro Site is about a young woman’s path to her destiny in the kitchen. Gmo Omg is about a father trying to educate himself on what he is feeding his children.
In the shorts categories, the Golden Tines are Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine of Cook It Raw Charleston (documentary), and Scooter Corkle’s Pour Retourner (drama).
“This year we had an exceptionally robust program with films from around the world,” said Michael Howell, executive director of Devour!.
“We are delighted we were able to attract such a high calibre of culinary films. Each of the award winners should be very proud of their achievements.”
The...
- 11/16/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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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