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 Culinary Zinema th section of the San Sebastian Film Festivalpresents its menu for its 74 edition. From 18 to 26 September, Zinamaldia will make a trip through the kitchens of different gastronomic cultures through five non-fiction titles. The films will all compete for the Culinary Film Prize and a reward of 10,000 euros, of which four will be world premieres.
Noor: Cooking possible passes will open the cycle, a feature film that explores the historical reinterpretation of Andalusian cuisine at the Noor restaurant in Córdoba. The audio-visual trip will continue in Tokyo with MITANI-The Mariage of Sushi , and will enter the exclusive restaurant of Yasuhiko Mitani, with only six customers a day and a waiting list of four years.
The cuisine of the Basque Country will have its corner on24 September with the documentary Subijana, beyond a mustache. Directed by Jorge Fernandez Mayoral and Jesús Javier Ruiz Aquerretare and with the participation of EITB, the film pays a special and close tribute to the Guipuzcoano cook Pedro Subijana, who will be nominated for the Irizar Prize.
The billboard will also include Burgundy , a work on the deep-rooted culture of wine in the Burgundy region of France. Finally, Mallorca, a receptari , an audiovisual that values traditional Balearic cuisine, seasonal products and the island's gastronomic memory.
Themed dinners and ticket sales
The performances will be completed with five themed dinners from 22 to 25 September at the Basque Culinary Center, with the collaboration of its teachers and students, which will be opened by Paco Morales and Paola Gualandi, with an Andalusian-inspired menu from the Noor restaurant.
The next day, chef Yasuhiko Mitani will offer an exclusive traditional sushi experience for only sixteen people in the GOe space, and chefs Alex Lizarraga, Edgar Jimenez and Antonio Belotti will design a French roots proposal on the subject of the film about Burgundy .
On Thursday, the 24th, a tribute will be paid to Pedro Subijana, a dinner prepared by Eneko Atxa, Roberto Ruiz, Edorta Lamo and David Yarnoz, which will conclude with desserts by Armintz Gorrotxategi de Tolosa, and will close the cooking cycle with a menu based on the Mallorcan tradition.
Tickets for movies and dinners will be on sale this Friday, August 28, at 10:00 a.m., through the usual channels of the Festival and Kutxabank. Tickets will be priced at 90 euros in general, except for exclusive appointments with Mitani at the GO, which will cost 175 euros.
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The Festival premieres "Subijana, beyond a mustache", a work that brings us closer to the life and fires of the culinary master
The new non-fiction work by Jorge Fernández Mayoral and Jesús Javier Ruiz Aquerreta will be presented at the San Sebastián Film Festival, within the Culinary Zinema section. Under the title Subijana, beyond a mustache, the film offers an intimate and personal account of the Guipuzcoano cook Pedro Subijana, a key figure in the great transformation and modernization of our gastronomy and a portrait of one of the main drivers of the New Basque Cuisine.