The Matter of Taste main event - a week of screenings, debates and culinary evenings at the Lago Film Fest - came to a close on the evening of 30th July, with the jury awarding the "golden frog" to their favourite short film in our competition!

Best Film on Food

McRussia, by Andrei Tanase (Romania)

Special Mentions

Tropezones, by David Macian and Eduardo Molinari (Spain)

Tripe and Onions, by Marton Szirmai (Hungary)

Congratulations to all the short filmmakers in our selection and a big thanks to all who participated in our programme. The Matter of Taste films are continuing their European tour in the next few months, and a DVD will be released soon!

See below for the "Matter of Taste" selected short films! You can watch several of them now online (just click on the links!)

And don't forget, more competition entries can be viewed at www.daazo.com/foodfilms

Stort' - by Joris Hoebe, The Netherlands

Silent Consent - by Alessandro Bianco, Italy         

Tripe and Onions - by Márton Szirmai, Hungary         

Brei Brumm Bumm (Mash Go Splash) – by Elisa Klement, Germany          

A film From my Parish – by Tony Donoghue, Ireland

For All the Tea in England - Kerry Mcleod, UK

Pogacha – by Balint Mark Turi, Hungary

Pasta Day – by Elizabeth Rocha Salgado, The Netherlands

Fish Eye – by Margot Buff, Czech Republic                 

Semolina Halva – by Ezgi Kaplan, Turkey       

Cum Pane – by Anna Linder, Sweden

Tropezones – by David Macian & Eduardo Molinari, Spain

Devouring Reality – Melissa Suarez del Real, Spain

Sa Cage – by Luz Diaz, Belguim

The Market – by Ana Husman, Croatia

Cravings – by Andreas Lindergard, Sweden

Ma petite cuisine – by Maryline Poux, France

La Torta – by Stefan Archetti, Italy

Mc Russia – by Andrei Tanase, Georgy Groshkov & Florian Krebs (Romania, Bulgaria and Germany)

Apple & Ei – by Ahmet Tas, Germany 

Here are some further selected weblinks to short films about food, to whet your appetite!!!

'Food' / Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (by Jan Svanmejer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39j7bypVxL8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQSdZWgflAA&feature=related

'Ilha das Flores' (by Forge Furtado) - subtitled in French

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcu3f_l-ile-aux-fleurs

'How to Destroy the World: Food' (by Pete Bishop)

http://www.vimeo.com/936454

'Le Café' (by Stéphanie Marguerite and Emilie Tarascou)

Al Jazeera 'Street Food' Series

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/general/2008/07/200878122957665606.html

'The Sacred Food' (by Jack Pettibone Riccobono)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jTAqpMvSgs&NR=1

'Amuse Bouche'

'The Diet of an Average Congolese Person' (by Silvain Koko Kinshasha)

http://www.strangerfestival.com/node/849

'Noodles' (by Jordan Feldman)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex90lHEJh1o&feature=user

http://bestdocumentaries.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-defense-of-food-eaters-manifesto.html

http://www.themeatrix.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hteRea4fmI0&feature=related

'Food Fight' (by Stefan Nadelman)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-yldqNkGfo&feature=PlayList&p=3F2A08B808F38C7D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=106