Cooking History Austria / Slovakia / Czech Republic / Finland
2009, 88min.
Producers: Ralph Wieser, Georg Misch, Dir./Script: Peter Kerekes, Director of Photography: Martin Kollár, Composer: Marek Piaček, Sound Design: Daniel Němec, Editor: Marek Sulik
A group portrait of military cooks from all over Europe who have served in diverse armies and witnessed the European wars of the 20th century. Their recollections tap into subjective views of historical events and ones that diverge in some respects from conventional history. They take us behind the scenes of dates, facts, declarations of war, battles, and peace agreements. Cooking History shows the little secrets of these people, opens up a dimension of history one will not find in textbooks or archives. The directness of the anecdotes and destinies of the people in this film convey a sense of life and death within the “war apparatus,” and a sense of hope, longing, and survival strategies in the midst of destruction and despair.
Awards
Vienna Film Prize (Vienale 2009), The FIPRESCI Jury Award (52nd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Films), Golden Hugo Award for the Best Documentary (45th Chicago IFF), Special Jury Prize - International Feature (HotDocs documentary FF, Toronto, Canada)
Production Companies
Mischief Films
Georg Misch & Ralph Wieser
Goethegasse 1
A-1010 Wien / Vienna Austria
Tel: +43-1-585-23 24 23
Fax: +43-1-585-23 24 22
Email: office@mischief-films.com
Negativ s.r.o.
Ostrovni 30, Praha 1,
11000, Czech Republic
Email: pavel@negativ.cz
| Kerekes, Peter  Peter Kerekes (born 1973, Košice, Slovakia)
Graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava in 1998. After his studies he continued as a lecturer and co-founded the Department of Feature and Documentary Film along with Dusan Hanak. His first full-length documentary as producer and director, 66 SEASONS, had its international premiere at the Karlovy Vary IFF in 20 03. The following year, he collaborated with fellow filmmakers Pavel Lozinsky (Poland), Jan Gogola (Czech Republic), Robert Lakatos (Hungary), and Blijana Cekic-Veselic (Slovenia) on Across the Border, an omnibus film bringing together a series of meditations on the idea of “border”. He has since produced and directed the documentary Cooking History.
Filmography
Jozsef Balogh, Pribenik (1996), The Legends and Morytates of Ladomirova (2003), 66 Seasons (2003), Across the Border: Five Views from Neighbours (segment Helpers, 2004), Cooking History (2009)
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