The NYC Food Film Festival returns to New York City for its 5th consecutive year offering a unique series of events where food and film lovers return to taste what they see on the screen. Yes, the NYC Food Film Festival is the only festival in the world that serves the food that is seen in the films. Produced in association with the James Beard Foundation and benefiting the Food Bank For New York City, the 2011 NYC Food Film Festival runs from October 13 through October 16, 2011 at Tribeca Cinemas.
The NYC Food Film Festival was created by George Motz, the documentary filmmaker behind the award-winning Hamburger America film, book and mobile app. and Chef Harry Hawk. Through documentaries, features and short films, the Festival presents the best, and the most memorable, of the world’s favorite and exotic foods on the big screen…and then serves them to the guests.
The trailer above is from Mistura: The Power of Food, a film by Patricia Perez that showcases South America’s largest food festival and features renown chef Gastón Acurio, who started the festival in Peru and is about to open his 1st NYC restaurant, La Mar.
This year, the Festival will include the 1st-ever Food Porn Party, a Taco Takedown hosted by Matt Timms featuring Hilah Johnson (the queen of Texas food videos), and films about the making of a Turtle Burger, a woman’s steamy night with an octopus dish, a portrait of 3 generations at Ronnybrook Farms, a Texas family’s Molasses making, Dom DeMarco’s Di Fara Pizza and much more! See below for the full list of Official Selections.
