Flatirons Food Film Festival

Oct 20, 2016 12:00 am Boulder, Colorado

Boulder, Colorado continues to build its exalted culinary reputation with its fourth annual Flatirons Food Film Festival, October 20-23. Boulder’s strong culinary industry and “foodie” visitors and residents make it a great place for a food film festival.

The Festival takes place over an extended weekend each October, and delivers a mix of features and documentary food films, both from the U.S. and around the world, to address a wide range of topics. The festival also holds culinary and social events and hosts guests related to the films. The festival also presents expert speakers to comment on the films and provides panel discussions on related topics. This year, it intends to further enrich its offerings by adding a lecture series and bringing in a larger roster of guests connected to festival films.

The 2016 Flatirons Food Film Festival will include the following films (additional films, events, and speakers will be announced later):

Jonathan Gold

CITY OF GOLD: A penetrating portrait of Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold and his deep and complex relationship with the food and culture of his city, Los Angeles.

DOUGH: A fictional tale about an old Jewish baker (Jonathan Pryce of “Brazil” and “Game of Thrones”) in Britain who struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.

FEAR NO FRUIT: A documentary about female produce pioneer Frieda Kaplan and how she transformed American cuisine by introducing over 200 exotic fruits and vegetables, including kiwis, to the US market.

FOR GRACE: A documentary about 2016 James Beard Award-winning Chicago chef Curtis Duffy, his odyssey in building the restaurant of his dreams, and the turbulent personal history that shaped him.

JUST EAT IT: An exploration of how nearly 50% of food in the US goes into the trash from the perspective of filmmakers who quit grocery shopping and lived on discarded food for six months.

Children’s film program: A collection of short films about food for children. Preceded by a children’s tour of the Boulder Farmers Market by local chefs.

Tickets for the Flatirons Food Film Festival will be available for sale online in September. See www.flatironsfoodfilmfest.org for ticketing information.