Feast on Film: What it is and why you need to watch

This month, SBS On Demand is playing home to 10 fantastic food documentaries. From fast-paced French pastry action to the makings of the slow food revolution in Italy, there's a film for every taste.

Kings of Pastry

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This March,  and the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) are serving up a delicious selection of food documentaries via our online pop-up film festival,

The special season includes , a trio of , plus special content from the most recent .

Wondering what you can expect? In , meet the Danish farmer who provides biodynamic produce to world-famous restaurant NOMA. In , watch 16 of the world’s top French pastry chefs mix, pipe and sculpt their way through the prestigious Meillueurs Ouvriers de France competition (Best Craftsman in France). Then in , meet the Italian man behind the revolutionary Slow Food movement which now has roots in more than 150 countries. 

If it's Michelin-starred movie action you're after, we've got plenty of that, too. In , explore the Barcelona-based cooking laboratory behind Ferran Adrià's highly acclaimed restaurant, or follow Spanish chef Dani García as he puts his reputation and restaurant on the line in .

Our festival hub is also home to three one-hour documentaries hosted by chef and French food-lover . (Read our interview with him .)

Adding to the film festival experience is online video content from the MIFF's Talking Pictures panel Guests include chef Shane Delia (find recipes and videos from his latest series Shane Delia's Moorish Spice Journey ), along with Gelato Messina’s Declan Lee, Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold, Kate McLennan from  (ICYMI, this Youtube series is hilarious!) and food blogger Emily Naismith.  

And the cherry on top? Our online film festival is streaming for free all month so you can binge to your heart’s content! 

 

To read about our festival films head , check out these , or jump onto and start watching. 


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Published 29 February 2016 4:56pm
Updated 29 March 2016 10:34am


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