Eating with your eyes

#010, Yonay Boix, Ariadna Onofri and Alexandra Boix, Spain, 2024, 3 min 30 sec.

Paradise is having breakfast on the terrace. Le Repas de bébé by the Lumière brothers, the difference being that this baby not only enjoys her food but also films her parents.

Banana (Excerpt from De tijd en de film I), J.C. Mol, Netherlands, 1928, 29 sec.
A boy, a banana and the magic of the cinema in action.

Orange, Al Jarnow, United States, 1982, 2 min.
Al Jarnow shows us how to make rebellious orange juice, a delightful and delicious kind of orange that performs a choreography for the camera.

Ñam (Yum), Elena Duque, Spain, 2014, 2 min.
A fruity whim of precarious animation, a fruit salad leaping spasmodically, seasoned with the star appearance of a group of edible muppets.

Farmer McFay Counts 6 Fruits, William Wegman, United States, 1993, 2 min.

A Sesame Street farmer teaches us to count with fruit. You’ll notice he’s not just any farmer, though.

Fruit Fruit, Peter Millard, United Kingdom, 2013, 2 min.
With crazy crayons and temperas, Peter Millard takes us to the funniest and most disconcerting fruit shop on the planet.

Sweet Dreams, Kirsten Lepore, United States, 2008, 10 min.
A cupcake dreams of a world beyond the sugar-cube walls within which it lives. Until one day a sinking boat lands it on the colourful, unknown shores of fruit and vegetables.

Eat My Makeup!, Marie Losier, United States, 2005, 6 min.
A group of winsome damsels meet on a rooftop to share a pie, in a picnic cut short by a swarm of unwelcome flies.

12 breakfasts, Johanna Thompson, Germany, 2020-2021, 5 min.
In 12 breakfasts each breakfast dish is like a little film with its own story, taking the idea of playing with food to a new level.

Fresh Guacamole, PES, United States, 2013-2014, 2 min.
With this recipe by PES we learn to make guacamole out of some very peculiar ingredients.

Tomato, Caitlin Craggs, United States, 2015, 3 min.
Everyone knows the tomato, red and juicy with its little green stalk, but do we know where it comes from? A tomato that emerges from other fruits and transforms teaches us its age-old history.

Submarine Sandwich, PES, United States, 2013-2014, 2 min.
A sandwich that is quite literally a submarine, filled with the most unimaginable sausages.

Desayunos y meriendas (Breakfasts and Snacks), David Domingo, Spain, 2002, 7 min.
Two young people are attacked by a videotape: the breakfasts and snacks they see on TV leap into the real world, but in a much more fantastic, fun version.

A programme by Elena Duque and Gloria Vilches. 

Excerpt of De tijd en de film I from Eye Filmmuseum, the Netherlands. Copy of Farmer McCay counts six fruits from Electronic Arts Intermix. Copy of Eat My Makeup! and Ñam from Collectif Jeune Cinema. Copy of Fresh Guacamole and Submarine Sandwich from PESFilm. Copies of Orange, Fruit Fruit, 12 breakfasts, Tomato and Desayunos y Meriendas courtesy of the artists.