Berlin buzz: market titles--Poland’s New Europe Film Sales, now moving into features, is selling Rotterdam selection Now, Forager: A Film About Love and Fungi, an American independent film about a couple trying to live by foraging mushrooms for restaurants.
Refreshingly devoid of the romantic glow emanating from most foodie pics, "Forager" presents a mycological marriage in decline without going for the cliches.
Now, Forager combines a light and potentially trendsetting food film with a charming road movie and especially a credible relationship movie... A pleasant surprise at IFFR 2012. (translation)
…a well-executed analogy between these small inhabitants of autumnal nature and life itself. (translation)
A beautiful food film from Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin... Highly recommended, the film made it to the top 10 of the IFFR!
Among American films world premiering in Rotterdam, buzz has been strong for both Julia Halperin and Jason Cortlund's narrative "Now, Forager: A Film About Love & Fungi," which premiered on Friday afternoon, and Matt McCormick's doc "The Great Northwest," which screened last night.
...Now Forager has much to admire, and will do well programmed in any season around cuisine, with particular resonance with the slow food movement, and beyond that is a smart American indie that could find fans who like their drama thoughtful.
Shroom With a View - An accidental case of poisoning and a torrential storm helped the fermentation of Now, Forager
Now, for the first time that we’re aware of, foraging is the subject of a feature film – ‘Now, Forager.’
Now, Forager provides a counterbalance to the often romantic picture of cooking and eating in films with a culinary bent and meshes perfectly with today’s Slow-Food movement.
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We felt that Now Forager, a beautifully photographed gentle tale of a Basque couple of foragers was perfect for Poland and deserved special attention... This is a food lovers’ film told from an unusual pov. We liked its unique aspect of food from roots to restaurant.
The projects include...US indie Now, Forager [pictured], a relationship between mushroom foragers
Warsaw, Poland-based New Europe Film Sales has taken on world sales for Rotterdam selection Now Forager.
Good news about Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin's feature film Now, Forager, about mushroom hunters in New York (and just about the swellest film title we've heard in a while): Following its AFS Narratives-in-Progress screening in September, the film was invited to screen at the Gotham in Progress film market in Wroclaw, Poland, where it was awarded a Special Jury Recognition and $20,000 in titles and credits services. The film is set to premiere at the Rotterdam film festival in the new year.
iW's Project of the Day: In 'Now, Forager' Couple Makes Money by Hunting Mushrooms for NYC Restos
It's like Alice Waters meets Kelly Reichardt...