Celebrate with us at the Opening Night of the 8th Annual Ceres Food Film Festival!

PROGRAM: 6:30pm-7:30pm @ King Juan Carlos

• Farming While Black (13-min excerpt)

• Wild Hope - Mission: Impossible (20-min excerpt)

• The Nature of Farming (20-min excerpt)

• Rice & Grits (10-min)

*Read film synopses here.

**Films will be available in their entirety for virtual viewing from October 17-25.

Panel, Upcycled Bites, and Drinks: 8:00pm-9:30pm @Pless Hall, 82 Washington Square E, New York, NY 10003

Following screenings of  20-min clips of 3x films; stroll across the park to Pless Hall for an intimate panel featuring James Beard Humanitarian Award Recipient Karen Washington (Farming While Black), head of Tangled Bank Studios (Wild Hope) Jared Lipworth, and the Nature of Farming director Isabelle Denaro. The thought-provoking panel will be accompanied by upcycled bites from our partners at Rethink Food and boutique Portuguese wine from NLC Wines. 

Hosted in partnership with NYU Steinhardt, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies.

*Note this event is by invitation only; an access code is needed to reserve a seat. To be considered for the waitlist please email us at hi@ceresfilmfestival.org