Official Selections - 2010 Chicago Food Film Festival

Beer Wars
Dir. Anat Baron - 90 mins website
An amazing journey into the heart of corporate beer and the small independent brewers it leaves in its wake.

The Best of Hamburger America
Dir. George Motz - 15 mins website
An abbreviated version of the film that was the nexus of the NYC Food Film Festival.

Celeriac
Dir. John D. Reilly - 2:20 mins
A nail-biting super-short thriller about a stalk of celery and a knife.

CUD
Dir. Joe York - 16 mins website
Meet Will Harris, a 5th generation rancher that has rejected the corn-fed, feedlot cattle model in favor of raising grass-fed cattle.

The Death & Life of Ice Cream
Dir. Orrin Zucker - 3:20 mins website
Mezmerizing time lapse of melting ice cream. Amazing to see on the big screen.

Eat Your Fill
Dir. Mark Irving - 13 mins website
A man embarks on his annual mission to eat every menu item at the Wisconsin State Fair that is either deep fried or on a stick.

Mr. Okra
Dir. TG Herrington - 12 mins trailer
A portrait of a man who sells produce from his rolling farmstand/pickup truck in New Orleans. Winner of the Audience Choice Award, 2009 NYC Food Film Festival.

Obsessives: Soda Pop
Dirs. Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin - 13 mins website
Get to know John Nese, the owner of Galco's Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles, and his lifelong obsession with independent soda-makers. Winner of the Audience Choice Award, 2010 NYC Food Film Festival.

The Perfect Oyster
Dir. Craig Noble - 6 mins website
There really is no one who can wax poetic about oysters like Brent Petkau. 2008 NYC Food Film Festival Feature Film Award winner Craig Noble returns with this portrait of a man and his oysters.



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