Third Annual Tucson Slow Food Film Festival
January 10-13, 2008
A weekend festival of new & classic food films, culinary events,
cultural discussions and silent auction
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| Last updated: December 26,
2007 |
| Program | Guest Speakers | Rates & Order Forms |
Program |
| Thursday evening, January 10, 2008 |
| When |
What |
Where |
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| 4:30-6 p.m |
Opening night reception at the JW Marriott Country Club, Star Pass. Chef Ryan will provide special tastings and wine.
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The Catalina Steakhouse, JW Marriott Country
Club, Starr Pass, 3645 Starr Pass Blvd. |
| 7 p.m. |
Screening of New Film submission
Southwest Premiere of Chinese Restaurants:
Latin Passions
Screened at Sundance and the Toronto Film Festival, this lively, fascinating feature documentary tells the poignant story of Chinese immigrants who have opened restaurants in such unlikely locales as Lima, Peru, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Director: Cheuk Kwan
Running Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Q & A with Director Cheuk Kwan
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Center for Performing Arts, Pima Community College, West Campus, 2202 West Anklam Rd., Tucson. Map. |
| Friday evening, January 11, 2008 |
| When |
What |
Where |
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| 5-7 p.m. |
A Mexican mole meal at Miguel’s Restaurant.
Guest speaker Gary Nabhan will conduct a tequila tasting. |
Miguel's Seafood-Mexican Restaurant, 5900 N. Oracle |
| 7:30-10 p.m. |
Screening of "Like Water for Chocolate" (Mexican)
— The magical realism saga of Tita, a young girl who is
only able to express her passions through her food which has
the power to make people experience what she feels. For
mature audiences only. |
Grand Cinemas, Oracle View, 4690 N. Oracle. |
| Saturday,
January 12 |
| 9:30-11:30 a.m. |
Screening of "Wedding Banquet" (Chinese) —
The hilarious tale of a gay man in America who tries to placate
his parents back in Taiwan by telling them he is marrying. His
plan backfires when his parents arrive in New York to plan his
elaborate wedding banquet. For mature audiences only. |
Grand Cinemas, Oracle View, 4690 N. Oracle. |
| noon-1:30 p.m. |
Brunch at Vila Thai Restaurant |
972 E. University Blvd. |
| 2:15-5:30 p.m. |
Screening of New Film submissions.
Sweet Dreams—animation,
(10 minutes). Residents of Sugar Land find a new, more healthy
way to eat.
Director: Kristen Lepore.
Ripe for Change—groundbreaking
feature documentary (1 hour), traces the evolution of sustainable,
local and precious farming and cooking in California where it
all started. Cameo appearances by Alice Waters, owner of Chez
Panisse, and second-generation farmer David Mas Masumoto, author
of Epitaph for a Peach.
Director: Emiko Omori.
Keynote Talk “Food as Intangible
Heritage” by Maribel Alvalrez, PhD
Research Social Scientist, Southwest Center, University of Arizona.
Cook for Your Life—animation
(19 minutes). Three desperate farm animals, slated to become
meals, team up to convince their farmer-owner to turn vegetarian.
Q & A with Director: Gene Hamm
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Die Flugbegieterin—feature
(10 minutes). A German flight attendant, fired for obesity,
takes a drastic measure to lose weight but will it stay off?
Director: Marcin Glowacki.
In The Wake—feature (20
minutes). Following Hurricane Katrina, nothing spells home,
normality and hope for New Orleans residents than the city’s
unique cuisine.
Director: Craig Streng.
The Sacred Food—documentary
(5 minutes). A meditation on the harvesting and meaning of wild
rice among the Ojibwe Indians in Minnesota and the threat of
GMO (genetically modified organisms) stock.
Director: Jack Pettibone Riccobono. |
Center for Performing Arts, Pima Community College, West Campus, 2202 West Anklam Rd., Tucson. Map. |
| 6:30-8:30 p.m. |
Special B-B-Q Dinner at the Last Territory Steakhouse. |
Hilton's El Conquistador Resort, 10000 N. Oracle. |
| Sunday,
January 13 |
| 1-3 p.m. |
Screening of "Fried Green Tomatoes" (American)
— The touching story of a woman in a troubled marriage
who finds a new life cooking at the Whistle Stop Café.
For mature audiences only. |
Grand Cinemas, Oracle View, 4690 N. Oracle. |
| 6-9 p.m. |
Gala Closing Dinner. A sumptuous feast of organic
foods and wines and artisanal products to celebrate the message
and philosophy of Slow Food Tucson.
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Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, 7000 N. Resort Drive,
off Sunrise |
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