REEL FOOD
- Shorts Program
- 36 mins
FREE/PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.
Cinematic explorations of some the more delicious things of life.
In this program
COOK IT YOURSELF
Directed by: N.J. Nakamura | 4 mins
If you love eating Japanese food, why not make it yourself? From start to finish, a cooking class at the San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center makes a one-pot meal.
DUDE, WHERE’S MY DOUBLES?
Directed by: Kevin Ramlal | 17 mins
Two friends navigate Los Angeles’s expansive food scene in search of Doubles, a Trinidadian street food.
ROOTS + WINGS: PARISA PARNIAN
Directed by: Irene Yadao, Lisa Yadao, Michelle Sampior | 9 mins
Episode 3 of Roots & Wings features Parisa Parnian, an Iranian-American multi-disciplinary artist and culinary creative who uses food as a conduit for celebrating and sharing her heritage.
SAMEER AND THE GIANT SAMOSA
Directed by: Faroukh Virani | 6 mins
In this dark comedy from the director of VIMANA, a newlywed Indian couple’s diverging views on marriage and tradition give way to a surreal turn of events that reveals the groom’s true, hidden appetites.



