"Share the Harvest" Food festival events
Jeremy Birch
The Meaning of Food
Friday 17th – Sunday 19th October
A Festival of Film – served with discussion, displays & good food!
The Pierian Centre is hosting a weekend Festival of Film on 17th–19th October. The Meaning of Food is an extravaganza looking at food from every angle – from the comic austerity of A Private Function to the sensuous abundance of Chocolat. Speakers, discussion and tasters complete this cultural banquet!
The importance of food runs through the very core of human culture. Food lives in the mouth, in the mind, and in the farmer’s hand. It lives in the memory of individuals and communities. It can be a sacrament, or a commercial transaction – a key to ritual, relationship and politics. And Hunger has been our companion since time began. The Meaning of Food explores the myriad ways that film handles food.
In addition to a tasty menu of films, there's a set-piece Discussion at 2pm on Saturday 18th Oct. 'The Good, The Bad & The Unpalatable' is the title - and it's looking at the ethics behind the food we eat, with expert speakers from Friends of the Earth, Transition Bristol and the World Development Movement.
We’ll be serving food linked to each film – and a speaker as well to help you digest it! A Programme is below, but for details contact us on
0117 924 4512 or in...@pieriancentre.com. The Pierian Centre is at 27 Portland Square, St
Pauls, Bristol BS2 8SA (www.pieriancentre.com). It’s the tastiest Film Festival in town!
Friday 17th:
6.30pm A BANQUETof 1940s food –with music of the period!
7.30pm APRIVATEFUNCTION (15)
Alan Bennett’s comedy of austerity, angst & appetite in
1940’s Yorkshire (Maggie Smith, Michael Palin & Richard
Griffiths). Only the laughter’s not rationed!
Saturday 18th:
10.30am KIDS’ MORNING
With cartoons (Store Wars, The Meatrix and The Luckiest
Nut in the World), classic comedy (Charlie Chaplin, Buster
Keaton) and fabulous foody activities!
1.00pm ORGANIC LUNCH To whet your appetite for this afternoon’s debate!
2.00pm‘THE GOOD, THE BAD &THE UNPALATABLE’Bristol's ethical food
debate: a fruitful discussion with
speakers from Friends of the Earth, World Development
Movement and Transition Bristol. Free entry!
3.30pmSOYLENTGREEN(15)
Classic 1970s sci-fi with Charlton Heston & Edward G
Robinson. A terrifying portrait of over-population &
corporate control of the world’s food resources.
6.30pmSWEDISH SUPPER for tonight’s film......
7.30pmTHE OXbySven
NykvistThe moral impact of famine – with Liv Ullmann & Max
von Sydow. “A spiritual odyssey.... an impeccable
period piece depicting hardship amid the most beautiful
settings, a love story.... and a celebration of community.”
Sunday 19th
11.30am Coffee & Pastriesthat Pavarotti would approve!
12 NoonFOUR TARTS & A TENORLuciano Pavarotti plays the Llangollen
Eisteddfod – and
demands more than just Bread of Heaven! BBC Picture
This documentary by Francesca Joseph – introduced by
Series Editor, Peter Symes. Free entry!
1.30pmSUNDAY
LUNCHof Latin American goodies!
3.00pmTHE POWER OF
COMMUNITY:How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Documentary on low-energy alternatives to unsustainable,
oil-based agriculture.
6.00pmDISCOVERING LEVELS’ BEST
Adocumentary by Somerset Food Links, introduced by
Elaine Spencer-White.
6.45pmFood from Somerset & Chocolate delights!
7.30pmCHOCOLAT(12)
The seductive effect of chocolate (and Juliette Binoche) on
asmall French town (also with Judi Dench & Johnny
Depp). Resistance is useless!
Dishes and stands
from local & sustainable food organisations!
Screening prices: daytime £3.50, evening £4.50, children £2.
Special low income rates available on request.
Food Swap
Saturday 18th Oct
1-4pm
Ashley Vale Allotment Association
next to St Werburghs City Farm
Come along to swap your vegetables, chutneys, cakes and pickles and celebrate the season of bounty with a some harvest banter.
At the pigsty turn left down the lane and then left again through the big metal gates.
Combine your visit to St Werburghs with a visit to the City Farm's Apple Day celebration
1-6pm at their Boiling Wells Lane Site, with music, story-telling, hot cider and apple juice, lantern making and much more.
Cheers
Jeremy