Tous à Table! A Short Film Celebration of the arts of the table
Sat 16 SepTo celebrate the 40th anniversary of the world-renowned Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, the team have cooked up a delicious retrospective celebrating the art of gastronomy and the pleasure of dining in all its forms, from the most unpretentious to the most sophisticated.
It is an incredibly mouth-watering theme that is representative of what a cycle of films on wine (and food) should be: a moment of conviviality, sharing, and discovery of fiction, documentary and animation films that all share the same love of a good table!
Programme
A Love Supreme (Un Amour suprême)
UK | 2001 | dir. Nilesh Patel | 9 mins
In this audiovisual essay on the preparation of samosas, the director recorded with care, patience and elegance his mother’s skilled and beautiful hands.
Sunday Lunch (Le Repas dominical)
FRA | 2015 | dir. Céline Devaux | 13 mins
It’s Sunday. At lunch, Jean observes his family. They ask him questions, but don’t listen to his answers; they give him advice but don’t follow it; they fawn over him and smack him, but that’s normal, it’s Sunday lunch.
Un chef à emporter
FRA | 2012 | dir. Colin Solal Cardo | 8 mins
Bertrand Grébaut is the outlaw chef of Michelin-star “Septime” restaurant. We follow him on a raid as he breaks into the Paris metro at night to explore the mysteries of Paris.
Boogaloo & Graham
UK | 2014 | dir. Michael Lennox | 14 mins
Jamesy and Malachy are over the moon when their soft-hearted dad presents them with two baby chicks to care for…
The Garbage Man (O Homem do Lixo)
PRT | 2022 | dir. Laura Gonçalves | 12 mins
On a hot August afternoon, a family gathered at the table remembers Uncle Botão: the colonial war, emigration to France, where he lived and worked for thirty years as a garbage man.
Lunch Ladies
USA | 2017 | dir. J.M. Logan | 19 mins
Two burnt out high school Lunch Ladies do whatever it bloody takes on their quest to become Johnny Depp’s personal chefs.
