[Reellife] It's delicious at this year's Film Fest!

[dave olsen]

The first weekend of this year's Vancouver International Film Festival is half 
over, but there's still almost 2 weeks of Festing Fun left to go.

One thing I've noticed is that this year's Festival looks delicious!  At least 
the last few films I've seen do, and I mean in the food sense.

I'll be writing a review of Ventos de Agosto (August Winds) very soon, but it 
was the film that tied this theme together for me, with it's lush cinematography 
all around food.

Two documentaries focus on food in a very different way: waste and corporate profit.


Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f13527-just-eat-it-a-food-waste-story>

This hot doc has won awards (the most recent being the BC film voted as a "must 
see" at this year's VIFF) and with good reason: it's fun, challenging and 
visually appealing.

Two Vancouverites decide to see if they could live for 6 months off of the food 
waste around them.  At first it's a challenge, as all new systems are while we 
learn them, but soon they find other challenges, which makes this film 
surprising and fun.

Unfortunately, this film is deeply rooted in our current system, so much so that 
the myriad of other ways of feeding ourselves aren't even mentioned much less 
tried or debated.  There is only one way: buying food from a store.  But given 
these immense constraints, the film still finds much to analysis and discover, 
which will shock even the most aware food activist.

East Vancouver plays a large role, so if you're in East Van, you can see it in 
your own neighbourhood tomorrow!

Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f13527-just-eat-it-a-food-waste-story> plays 
on Sep 28 at 6:30 pm in the Rio Theatre
<http://www.viff.org/festival/venues/rio-theatre>
and on Sep 30 at 10:30 am in SFU Woodwards 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/venues/sfu-woodwards>
as well as on Oct 6 at 1:30 pm in the Vancouver Playhouse 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/venues/vancouver-playhouse>


Food Chains <http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f10994-food-chains>

Immokalee, Florida was the site of a TV news story in 1960 about the 
exploitation of farm workers.  This doc shows that nothing has really changed.

It's heartening to see the folks who are being exploited organize into a strong 
and creative front, but still nothing changes.  Except that the powers that be 
have different names.

This doc does well in showing the problem and the human side of it. But all the 
players are so committed to the game nobody dares to act or even think outside 
that little box.  Nothing changes, the misery continues, and the rich keep 
eating well.

Food Chains <http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f10994-food-chains> shows on Sep 
29 at 6:00 pm in International Village #9 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/venues/international-village-9>
and on Oct 1 at 4:30 pm in International Village #10 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/venues/international-village-10>

And don't forget I'll have daily reviews up on Reellife.wordpress.com 
<http://reellife.wordpress.com/> to inspire and inform your Film Fest 
choices...enjoy the extended summer by biking to your favourite film!
-- 

Warmly,
dave/
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