movies

Not-so-super-market SHORTS +Q&A

72 min
Voorstelling: Sunday 24 March 13:00 | Studio/K 1

These shorts all have one thing in common: the arrival of the supermarket. Small shops are fighting an uphill battle against supermarket chains and consumers are losing sight of where their products come from. Three short films about consumption in an age of mass production.

PLEASE NOTE: Giuseppe Cioffo, the co-director of Best Before, will be present after the screenings for a Q&A.

No Hay Pan

Fiction I Macarena Monros I Chile I 2012 I 20 min I Spanish spoken I English subtitles

In No Hay Pan, we meet Luis, the Chilean owner of a small local shop. For years he has sold products from local producers, including baker Carlos. When Carlos dies unexpectedly, Luis is forced to find a new bread supplier. No easy task, it turns out. Luis faces competition from a large supermarket. Accompanied by compelling guitar music, we follow lovable Luis on his quest for bread.

Trailer "No Hay Pan" / "No Bread" Trailer from Luminaria Chile on Vimeo.

Super

Animation I Johan Klungel I The Netherlands I 2012 I 10 min I no dialogue

This is a familiar scenario: you go to the supermarket with a carefully compiled shopping list, but once inside your list goes out the window. You are seduced by attractive offers and before you know it your trolley is loaded with bread, cut-price chicken and family packs of detergent. But this dream soon turns into a nightmare...

Best Before + Q&A

Documentary I Ben Mann I United Kingdom I 2012 I 32 min I English spoken I no subtitles I NLpremiere

We live in an age of declining food security. The price of commodities is skyrocketing and producers get less and less in return. This price rise is largely driven by high oil prices, and farmers are increasingly dependent on machines and transport companies to produce and distribute their food.

Fortunately, a growing number of initiatives are taking back control of the food system. This short documentary by Ben Man and Guiseppe Cioffo shows the importance of the link between farmers and urban consumers and a budding food revolution.

Best Before includes commentary from Tim Lang, who was the keynote speaker at last year’s Food Film Festival.