Caballeros del cafe

"A cup of coffee in your country costs more than a pound of coffee here,” says Colombian coffee grower Ivan in the opening seconds of Caballeros del cafe. Prices have plummeted in the coffee-producing country and growers are struggling to survive.

Impromptu NL Premiere

Impromptu is an American animated short about the power of food, wine, music and love, seen through the eyes of a modern man. While preparing a gourmet dinner for his young family, Chuck gets a phone call from his euphoric wife to say that her colleagues are coming for dinner to celebrate a success at work.

Jamón

Jamón is an animated short about the life of José, a teenage pig growing up in a human family. With his somewhat peculiar habits and vegetarian lifestyle, he seems to be the family misfit. When a new neighbour moves in next door, José begins to realise who he is.

Kars Honey

Eastern Turkey is famous for its pure honey. The nectar comes only from wild mountain flowers and the native Caucasian bees are never given any sugar to increase production. But this bee and way of life are under threat from non-native species and over-commercialisation. 

Checkout 9

How many people make real contact with the person at the supermarket checkout counter? And vice versa? Cashier Olga operates on autopilot. Dressed in a pale red sweater and dark body warmer, she absently scans milk, eggs and organic products and prints off receipts.

L'Universelle des Pourcel World Premiere + Q&A

The famous culinary twins Jacques and Laurent Pourcel were inseparable. That was until they decided to conquer the world, 10,000 kilometres apart.

Hodgepodge Shorts Block

Sometimes a short is so beautiful, timely or downright appetising that we simply have to programme it. The shorts in this block have nothing in common, except that they are all mini masterpieces.

Little Miss Piggy

Eleven-year-old Brechtje Jans lives on a pig farm. There’s plenty of space to play, but Brechtje is unhappy. She thinks pigs are disgusting and meat even more so. She dreams of living in Amsterdam, where she can shop all day.

Pescherecci Classic

Although fishing practices may have changed in recent years, life at sea has not. Pescherecci takes you on board an Italian fishing in the 1950s, where despite high waves the fishermen bravely cast their nets in the Mediterranean.

Sausage Dutch Premiere

Sausage is an animated film that critically examines the value consumers attach to food. The film is set in a village with two artisan stallholders, whose livelihoods are threatened by the arrival of a devious fast-food vendor.

Sweet Dreams

A cupcake who lives in a town made of sugar and biscuits is shipwrecked with his sugar cube boat and washes up on an island of fruit and vegetables. He befriends the pumpkins, limes and turnips, who teach him how to build sturdier houses and vessels from carrots and kale leaves.

Table d’Hote EU Premiere

The act of putting a piece of meat in your mouth is the final stage of a long production process. In this simple but striking short animation, student Alexandra Levasseur of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal shows that eating meat is more than sticking your fork into a juicy steak.

The Lonely Planet Omelette Shop EU Premiere

Ramkishan Gawlani and his son Shaum scraped a living selling street food from a tiny stall in Jodhpur, India. That all changed with a listing in Lonely Planet. Scores of local and international customers now flock to ‘The Omelette Shop’, which goes through some 1,500 eggs a day. 

Pig Dutch Premiere

Who is the pig? How does it live? What happens to it? From sty to sausage, the Dutch short Pig silently follows one of the most widely eaten animals. 

Pigs Shorts Block + Q&A

From bacon to sausage, the pig is one of the most widely eaten animals in the Netherlands. This block of shorts is dedicated to the amiable porker with a curly tail and explores our relationship to it.

Watermelon

In the middle of nowhere on the hottest day of the year, a man sells watermelons at the side of the road. A handful of tourists stop to take photos of this unusual attraction but there are no buyers. Then the worst happens: a rival watermelon seller sets up a stall on the other side of the road! The men become embroiled in a watermelon war. 

Wild Boar

Wild Boar highlights the peculiar relationship between wild boars and people. In this Dutch short, we see how the boars impinge on our territory and our sometimes surprising response to the invasion.