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
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
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
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
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.