Event celebrates Brazil’s exit from the hunger map with screenings of A Marvada Carne, Os Goonies, Os Bons Companheiros, a tribute to Silvio Tendler, and more
The 4th edition of SP Food Film Festival takes place from November 13th to 23rd, at Reserva Cultural, at Centro Cultural Vergueiro, and CEUs at Circuito Spcine and a selection of the programming on the Spcine Play platform for all of Brazil. Entry is free and there are tastings of unforgettable dishes from the cinema, after some of the in-person screenings.
The event celebrates a historic milestone: Brazil once again left the UN Hunger Map, and pays tribute to the filmmaker Silvio Tendlerone of the biggest names in Brazilian documentaries, whose work illuminated the country’s contradictions and inspired generations to resist with art, sensitivity and critical awareness.
Celebrations
The festival also celebrates 40 years of the classic Marvada Meatfrom André Klotzelstarring Fernanda Torresin remastered copy. The masterpiece portrays, with humor and affection, the desire for abundance and dignity of a people + tasting: Pe-éfinho (rice, beans, pot meat and farofa) created by the chefs Diego Amorim and Luciano Ribeiro (Áurea Gastronomy); the 35 years of The Good Companions – classic Martin Scorsese + Spaghetti tasting with Garlic and Oil (vegetarian) – Chef André Graziano & Dani Guariba (festival directors); the 15 years of Eat, Pray, Love – an adaptation of the book by Elizabeth Gilbertwith Julia Roberts + tasting: gelato | Ice Cream School; the 40 years of The Goonies – from Richard Donner (chocolate); and the chef’s 100 years Jiro Ono – the legendary sushi master.
Premieres
The event also features six premieres of international films that have never been released in Brazil, among them, The Perfect Meal, In Defense of Food: A Manifestobased on the work of Michael Pollanwhich proposes a critical look at ultra-processed foods and the reconnection with natural foods (+ tasting: vegan Moroccan couscous | Chef Gui Cardadeiro | Apprentice Chef), and Food for those in needfrom Leonardo Brant (+ tasting: vegetarian vatapá | Chef Priscila Novaes | Kitanda de Minas).
Tribute to Silvio Tendler
THE São Paulo Food Film Fest 2025 pays tribute to the filmmaker Silvio Tendlerone of the biggest names in Brazilian documentaries, whose work illuminated the country’s contradictions and inspired generations to resist with art, sensitivity and critical awareness. Author of films such as The Poison Is on the Table I and II, Tendler turned cinema into a poetic trench against hunger, inequality and the poisoning of life, both in the body and in the soul.
The special session, on the day November 20th from 7pm at Reserva Cultural, presents the documentary O Veneno Está na Mesa II and an unprecedented interview with the filmmaker, followed by a debate mediated by André Luzzi and participation by Ana Tendler (his daughter) and Susana Prizendt, author of the essay Agroecologia e Artísmo: When the struggle is also at the table. In the text, Susana reflects on how the construction of another agri-food system is born from “cracks”, moments in which resignation gives way to resilience, and the artistic gesture turns into political action.
Debates and workshops
The festival also promotes five debates with important names such as Bela Gil and Paula Johns, Prof. Maria Alvim, Elaine de Azevedo, Luiza Fecarotta, Murilo Góesamong others, Class Shows, Audiovisual Workshops for all ages, Gastronomy Fair, on the 21st, 22nd and 23/11 at CCSP, and a special program on Black Awareness Day, on November 20th, also at Centro Cultural São Paulo, and much more!
To the Show classes bring the richness of typically Brazilian cuisine with Neide Rigoreference in PANCs; Jerá Guaraniguardian of ancestral knowledge; and Eugene and Marciafrom Mbee, dedicated to sustainable beekeeping. The proposal is to show that cooking is also a cultural and political act, which connects history, community and care.
To find out more, visit the festival website clicking here.
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