Food Film Menu 2023

Short film from Saimaa, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2024

Step into the world of a 10-year-old Finnish girl as she takes us through her precious day. From gathering wild treasures of mushrooms and berries to learning the art of bread-making, she shares her family’s culinary traditions. Through her eyes, we witness the seamless passage of these traditions, where food and nature intertwine.

Short film from Manabí, World Region of Gastronomy candidate 2026 (Ecuador)

This journey is more than a gastronomic tour; it is a voyage into Manabí’s identity, tradition, and culture. With a blend of tradition and innovation, the Latitude Iche Route is an invitation to explore the flavours, aromas, and techniques that make this region a unique culinary destination. As part of an integrated gastronomic ecosystem, this route promotes sustainability, local development, and culinary excellence, elevating Ecuador’s Manabí gastronomy to the global stage.

Short film from South Aegean, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2019

Young chef Aikaterini Gonidaki, who represented South Aegean, European Region of Gastronomy 2019 at the European Young Chef Award 2022, shows her personal journey in cooking, from her childhood to her current work as a professional cook. From Patmos to Kos. With a dish that has marked all her life: Kakavia! The fishermen’s food. Her family’s food. So simple, but truly delicious and nutritious. In this video, we watch the evolution of this dish, along with Aikaterini’s life, always with a deep respect for the tradition and the excellent ingredients of the Aegean Sea.

Short film from Slovenia, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2021

Bees are a source of life, since they enable the survival of mankind and the continuation of life on our planet. The Beekeeping Centre of Slovenia showcases the long beekeeping tradition of Slovenia and strives to preserve the remaining bee population, with a special focus on the autochthonous Carniolan honey bee as an essential part of the Slovenian natural and cultural heritage.

Short film from Kvarner, European Region of Gastronomy candidate 2026

In 30 seconds, the promotional film shows Kvarner’s basic philosophy in gastronomy, which is that indigenous, fresh foods are the basis for a farm to table approach, i.e. from sea to table. Fresh, from the Kvarner bay scampi are brought to the restaurant, where they are prepared by a young, famous chef. Vineyards and wines are shown, with a detail of the ripening of local sparkling wines under the sea. Then the enjoyment of food is displayed in several locations. In the end, the couple in love, with a playful dog, sitting by the sea, in untouched nature, open sparkling wine, enjoying the end of the day and the sunset.

Short film from Slovenia, European Region of Gastronomy awarded 2021

Slovenia is a small country with a big heart. Its name has the word love in it, and it is because of love that the story of An Apple, a Bee and a Tree was born. Nature, tradition, heritage and sustainability. All these elements have come together in this film which is a new chapter in the story of an old fruit variety, the sevniška voščenka (the Sevnica waxed apple).

The film presents the sustainable Čeberol’ca product, which is a natural and reusable food wrapper and is recognised as a kitchen utensil. It is also part of the An Apple, a Bee and a Tree package, which won the Most Ecological Choice award in IGCAT’s World Food Gift Challenge 2023.

The play is set in a scenographic Slovenian landscape in a traditional house covered with a straw roof. In the distance, hills rise up and vividly outline the countryside. The story focuses on a recipe that includes an old variety of fruit and incorporates it into the use of Čeberol’ce. In the morning the mother sends the boy to nearby farms to gather the ingredients required for making an apple tart. In a basket of goodies he brings butter, cottage cheese, eggs, honey. Then they start preparing it together. In the evening, they gather around the farm table with their friends and enjoy.

The story demonstrates the various uses of the natural beeswax wrap. Wrapping, covering, protection, multi-purpose accessory. The natural beeswax wrap is a living thing, because we can awaken it by squeezing it in warm hands. The heat softens the beeswax, making the fabric soft and kneadable. It is easy to stretch over containers of different sizes, over glasses and cups, around fruit, vegetables, sandwiches and similar snacks. The Čeberol’ca beeswax wrap is made from materials that have been carefully selected with environmental impact in mind. All of these materials are suitable for contact with food, and at every step of its creation we have been careful to minimise the impact on living and non-living elements of nature – village beekeepers provide the beeswax, the fabrics are sourced from small family businesses, the dyes are foraged from nature, and we only use wood from fruit trees that are available after rejuvenation and pruning old orchards.