Festival highlights

Founded in 2012, the Flatirons Food Film Festival has held more than 127 individual events, all shining a light on our food systems. Highlights over the years have included:

Showings of more than 55 feature and 119 short food films
Discussions with speakers like culinary icons Jeremiah Tower, late Pulitzer Award-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold, fermented food expert Sandor Katz, author Adrian Miller, chef Claudette Zepeda, and Bobby Stuckey of the James Beard Award-winning restaurant Frasca Wine and Food
Innovative events like fermented food and pollinator fairs, a marijuana edible speakeasy, a children’s class on filmmaking, a presentation on molecular gastronomy, and opera performances by Opera on Tap Colorado paired with food and films
Film-related feasts with themes like food waste, fine wine, and Palestinian, migrant, and Mexican cuisines
Events at restaurants like Black Cat, Basta, and Jax Fish House to draw attention to issues related to organic farming, local food, and sustainability
Film-related art exhibits curated by R Gallery + Wine Bar, food tours led by Local Table Tours, and a student film contest
Exploration of diverse subject matter like regenerative agriculture, celebrated chefs and restaurants, new technologies like lab-grown meat, fermentation, and world cuisine

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“Whether we’re talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime ‘associates,’ food, for me, has always been an adventure.” – Anthony Bourdain

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