Supported by chef, writer and CIFF Culinary Ambassador Rachel Allen, this year’s Culinary Cinema spans Franco’s Spain to New York’s Vietnamese kitchens, Rioja’s vineyards to Californian rooftop farms – with dining events and discussions that bring these stories to life.
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FARMING IS MEDICINE
Masha Karpoukhina | United States | 2025 | 37 mins | Documentary
SUN 16 | TRISKEL | 12:30 | With Q&A
What do health and poverty, colonialism and climate change, farming and medicine have in common? This compelling documentary reveals how these seemingly separate issues are in fact deeply intertwined.
POST-SCREENING EVENT:
Post-screening discussion with physician, activist and writer Professor Rupa Marya and agri-food researcher Dr. Ollie Moore, followed by a late lunch of traditional Palestinian food at Izz Café.
RIOJA: THE LAND OF A THOUSAND WINES (RIOJA, LA TIERRA DE LOS MIL VINOS)
José Luis López-Linares | Spain | 2023 | 96 mins | Subtitled | Documentary
Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of the most well-known of Spanish wines. This captivating documentary boasts the most complete and careful editing of interviews, gorgeous landscapes, immersive music, and never before seen access to the wine-making process, highlighting the relationship between the tradition’s origins and its powerful global appeal.
SAT 8 | ARC CINEMA & L’ATITUDE 51 | 12:30
POST-SCREENING EVENT:
Rioja Wine Masterclass with delicious bites to match at L’Atitude 51.
Join us for a journey through Spain’s most celebrated wine region in our Rioja wines masterclass hosted by Beverley Mathews at L’Atitude 51. Exploring a variety of styles from youthful fruity wines to the more serious and complex oak-aged wines that Rioja is famous for.
Discover how time, oak, and craftsmanship shape each bottle’s story. Beverley will guide you through a tasting of select wines served with accompanying appetisers from the highly regarded L’Atitude 51 kitchen.
SAT 8 | BALLYMALOE GRAINSTORE | 18:30
FILM & EVENT:
Special Regional Screening of Rioja: The Land of a Thousand Wines + Rioja wine-tasting with jamón and cheese at Ballymaloe Grainstore.
The evening will begin with a glass of Rioja, accompanied by LAZO 100% Ibérico acorn-fed jamón, specially flown in from Spain for the occasion. Guests will also enjoy a selection of Spanish and Irish charcuterie and cheeses, served with fresh baguettes from our own Ballymaloe Bread Shed. The evening will conclude with a tasting of Rioja wines, hosted by Colm McCann.
Visit Ballymaloe Grainstore for more information or to purchase tickets to the film and wine tasting visit Eventbrite (ONLY)
MAM
Nan Feix | France | 2025 | 81 mins | Ficton
SUN 9 | ARC CINEMA | 17:30
After falling in love with Vietnamese cuisine during a life-changing trip abroad, Jerald, a self-taught chef from small-town Texas, arrives in New York City with one goal: to open his own restaurant. One night, the young woman who runs a Chinatown food joint finds Jerald secretly practicing his recipe ideas in the basement kitchen.
POST-SCREENING EVENT:
Vietnamese Style Supper Club | The Glass Curtain | Thompson House, MacCurtain St | Cork | 19:15
Prepare for an “All Killer No Filler” Vietnamese feast at The Glass Curtain, hosted by The Tiger Balm Club and featuring guest chef and the film’s protagonist, Jerald Head, of MAM NYC (2025 New York Times top 100 list). Experience the authentic flavours of South East Asia at a whole new level in Cork’s VQ.
This screening is supported by the French Embassy in Ireland.
THE DINNER (LA CENA)
Manuel Gomez Pereira | Spain, France | 2025 | 106 mins | Subtitled | Fiction
WED 12 | ARC CINEMA | 18:00
In this biting comedy set in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, General Franco invites his top generals for a night of triumph. But in the hotel’s kitchen, a group of defeated Republican chefs are secretly preparing the meal – while also cooking up their last chance to escape the country.
POST-SCREENING EVENT: Resistance Gathering | Plugd, 3 Cornmarket St, Centre, Cork | 20:00
Get cosy with your comrades over a bowl of something warm and a glass of something cool at our rebel retreat hosted by Brian’s Wines at Plugd. Raise a glass to the republic and fill your rebel reserves to the brim in the best of company.
