Chefs Bill Telepan, Francois Payard and More Join 2012 NYC Food Film Festival, Now thru 10/21

The Food Porn* Party and Awards Ceremony
Presented by In The Raw
Hosted by NBC’s Cat Greenleaf of Talk Stoop
Saturday Night, 10/20/12, AMC Village 7 Theatres, East Village
Featuring Extreme Eats, Close-Ups, Food Burlesque and more! Eat Seattle’s Hand-Forged Top Pot Doughnuts, Brooklyn Star Pig Tails and more from Dirt Candy and Saxon+Parole. Meet Food Porn star Larry Cauldwell and enjoy a special performance by the Sundelles. Featuring Chefs Brad Farmerie, Amanda Cohen and more. The Films: 10,000 Cases, Bon Appetit, By the Fireside with Larry: The Zimlet, Deep-Fried Tofurky: A Thanksgiving Miracle, Dog Eats Dream, Food Porn, How to Make Vietnamese Coffee, The Benevolent Baker: Doughnuts, The Benevolent Baker: Bacon
David Burke Kitchen to Present VIP Pre-Party at The Food Porn Party

The Lowcountry Oyster Roast (Closing Night Event)
Sunday Evening, 10/21/12, IndieScreen, Williamsburg
Featuring an Exclusive Screening of The Mud and The Blood and an all-you-can-eat Bulls Bay oyster roast. Charleston’s own Hominy Grill + Chef Robert Stehling will round out the southern coastal feast and M Shanghai String Band will perform.
The Films: The Mud and the Blood, Mickle’s Pickle, Tic-Tac-Toe Chicken and Mama Sugar’s Sweet Potato Cobbler.

The Festival has announced its Oyster Roast Table Captains. These fine culinary professionals are both handy with oyster knives and known for their unique food histories: Jacob Van Horn, George Motz, Debbie Thames, Adam Carlisle, Nellie Wu, Jimmy Carbone, Linda Lou Sarris, Jonathan Beecher Field, Peter Hoffman, Eddie Casciano, Keizo Shimamoto, Brendan Hayes and Colleen Grapes.

A full list of Official Selections can be found at thefoodfilmfestival.com/films.

NYC FOOD FILM FESTIVAL JUDGES: The NYC Food Film Festival is a competitive film festival that presents awards in seven categories: Best Feature, Best Short, Best Super-Short, Best Film Made In New York, Best Food Porn, Food Filmmaker of the Year, and the Audience Choice Award. The Official Selections of the 2012 NYC Food Film Festival are reviewed by a judging panel comprised of members of New York City’s food and film communities. The 2012 judges are: Edible’s Rachel Wharton, NBC’s Cat Greenleaf of Talk Stoop, Chef, TV Host and Author David Rosengarten, Lawrence Kretchmer of Bold Food, New York City Film Commissioner Katherine Oliver, Dori Begley of Magnolia Films, Akiko Moorman of Salt Hospitality, Jordana Rothman @jordanarothman and Matt Timms, creator of The Takedowns.

THE 2012 FESTIVAL VENUES
The New York Distilling Company, 79 Leonard Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
AMC Village 7 Theatres, 66 3rd Avenue, East Village, Manhattan
IndieScreen 285 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

The 2012 NYC Food Film Festival is produced in association with the James Beard Foundation and benefits the Food Bank for New York City, which will receive top tier integration throughout the Festival to remind guests that all New Yorkers deserve access to nutritious food. Additionally, a portion of Festival proceeds will be donated to the Food Bank to assist in its important work.

The NYC Food Film Festival returns to New York City for its 6th consecutive year, offering a unique series of events where food and film lovers will taste what they see on the screen, as attendees are simultaneously served the food that is seen in the films. Produced in association with the James Beard Foundation and benefiting the Food Bank For New York City, the 2012 NYC Food Film Festival runs from October 17-21.

The NYC Food Film Festival has grown from an intimate food-nerd date-night destination to one of New York City’s most beloved festivals, and the largest of its kind in the world. Last year, the Food Film Festival made its 2nd trip to Chicago, where it will return this year from November 15th – 17th for the Chicago Food Film Festival. The NYC Food Film Festival was created by George Motz, the documentary filmmaker behind the award-winning Hamburger America film, book, and mobile app, and host of Travel Channel's Burger Land, along with Harry Hawk. Through documentaries, features and short films, the Festival presents the best, and the most memorable, of the world’s favorite and exotic foods on the big screen...and then serves them to the guests. The NYC Food Film Festival is co-produced by Grease Bomb LLC and Food Films America.

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Pictured: Deep-Fried Tofurky: A Thanksgiving Miracle (Dir. Jason Lam, 2012)