Two fictions and portraits of cooks Tetsuro Maeda, Jota Urondo and Joan Roca, the main dishes of the Culinary Cinema
The thriller of the award-winning Thai director Morte Cucina Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, the French production about a Texan cook who dreams of opening a Vietnamese restaurant in Mam New York, and two non-fiction films about chefs Joan Roca, Javier Urondo and Tetsuro Maeda form the menu of the Culinary Film Section of the 73rd edition of the San Sebastian Festival.
Tetsu, Txispa, is a documentary about Japanese chef Hoshi Tetsuro Maeda and his restaurant, the space located in the valley of Txispa Atxondo, directed by Jon Arregui Larrazabal (Portugalete, 1970).
In El legado de Joan Roca visto por 70 estrellas Michelín , 20 cooks pay tribute to the chef of the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca, directed by Jorge Fernández Mayoral (Logroño, 1982) and Virginia Jönas Urigüen (Bilbao, 1975).
Along with four of the five films in the section, themed dinners () will be held at the Basque Culinary Center from 23 to 26 September. Tickets for the show and theme dinner will cost 85 euros.
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The lesbian, gay, bisexual trans and intersex association of the Basque Country has awarded the award to the feature film of the Mexican screenwriter and director Brumo Santamaría Razo.
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Actor Jose Ramon Soroiz will receive this year's Zinemira Award
The Festival and EPE-IBAIA will pay tribute to actor José Ramón Soroiz at the Grand Basque Film Gala to be held at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre on 22 September.
Outstanding Basque film films at the Film Festival
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First images of 'The Last Farewell': We released the trailer for Koldo Almandoz's new film
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The Basque Terror, beyond the Film Festival
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Culinary Cinema will feature four world premieres and travel to kitchens in Andalusia, Mallorca and Japan
Tickets for movies and dinners will be on sale this Friday, August 28, at 10 a.m., through the usual channels.
The Festival premieres "Subijana, beyond a mustache", a work that brings us closer to the life and fires of the culinary master
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