Take One Action Film Festival Theater of Life

What is the meaning of home for those who don’t have one – and can high-end gastronomy help meet the needs of homeless people? Discover the inside story of how sixty of the world’s most renowned chefs came together to offer a soup kitchen with a difference, cooking with food waste from Expo2015 in Milan.

Massimo Bottura, widely regarded as one of the best chefs in the world, set up the Refettorio as a beautifully designed space offering eighty people a night the opportunity to dine with dignity.

How this high-profile initiative fared against the complex realities of homelessness and social inequality is explored through revealing interviews with the chefs and the diners, offering a candid exploration of the cultural, social and spiritual value of the nourishment we can offer one another.

With short film Habitat (Marcel Barelli, Switzerland, 2016, 2mins)

The film is in Italian & English with English subtitles. Dir. Peter Svatek, Canada, 2016, 93mins. UK premiere.

This film is F-rated. Films are given an F-rating if directed by women, written by women and/or present significant female characters on screen, in their own right. f-rated.org.

BEYOND THE SCREEN
Join us after the film to explore responses to food poverty and social inequality, with guests including Anela Anwar (Oxfam) and Peter Kelly (The Poverty Alliance).

BREAK BREAD WITH US
Join us before the screening for a unique community dinner made from intercepted food at The Project Cafe. Please book via takeoneaction.org.uk

Presented in association with A Menu for Change and the Poverty Alliance.

To see the full 2017 programme of screenings and events please visit www.takeoneaction.org.uk

Theater of Life (Trailer) from NFB/marketing on Vimeo.