Posts by Lia Rinaldo
Province Invests in Permanent Home for Devour! Studios
The Province is investing $2.2 million in a community hub that will help the Annapolis Valley continue to grow as an international culinary and cultural tourism destination. Renovations to Devour! Studios in Wolfville will allow it to be a permanent home for Devour! The Food Film Fest and provide space for arts events and local…
Read MoreExploring the Future of Food @ the 12th Devour! The Food Film Fest
September 22, 2022 (Wolfville, NS) – Devour! The Food Film Fest is back for another year of film and food fusion. The 12th instalment, celebrating this year’s theme, The Future of Food, an introspective of new food choices that continues to emerge throughout the world. The festival will span 53 events over 7 days running…
Read MoreDevour! The Food Film Fest is currently accepting applications for the position of Executive Assistant
Devour! The Food Film Fest is currently accepting applications for the position of Executive Assistant. Working closely with the Executive Management Team, this administrative role will support all facets of the organization, as they build the annual festival program and an expanding roster of annual fundraising activities. This is an opportunity to be mentored in…
Read MoreLegendary Chef, Television Host, Author, and Artist Jacques Pépin To Accept Award At SIFF’s 25th Anniversary Festival March 23-27, 2022
SONOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF) ANNOUNCES FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 SIFF CULINARY EXCELLENCE AWARD Legendary Chef, Television Host, Author, and Artist Jacques Pépin To Accept Award At SIFF’s 25th Anniversary Festival March 23-27, 2022 Sonoma, CA January 12, 2022—Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF), noted for delivering the best in film, food, wine and fun during…
Read MoreDevour! Food, Film and Education — A Giving Tuesday Trifecta!
November 30, 2021: Thanks to the generosity of our partners, donors, and participants, we recently wrapped the 11th edition of Devour! The Food Film Fest highlighting Global Indigenous Cinema and Cuisine. It was a transformative event that left festival-goers in awe of the Indigenous stories, creativity and flavours we were privileged to share. Through physically distanced in-person events,…
Read More2021 Festival Theme is Global Indigenous Cinema & Cuisine
We’re thrilled to announce Devour! The Food Film Fest’s 2021 theme of “Global Indigenous Cinema and Cuisine.” This hybrid event will take place both online and in person in Wolfville, Nova Scotia/Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people, from October 19-24. “Devour! The Food Film Fest is an important vehicle for advancing…
Read MoreThat’s a wrap – Devour! The Food Film Fest brings home the bacon in first ever hybrid in-person and online fest
November 12, 2020 (Wolfville, NS) Devour! The Food Film Fest wrapped up its first ever hybrid online and in-person festival on October 25, 2020, proving that not even a global pandemic can stop the fest from dishing out some good old-fashioned fun, with a generous serving of innovative programming. Devour! 9.5 offered 21 in-person film…
Read MoreA Message to our Dear Devour! Partners, Friends & Fans
A Message to our dear Devour! Partners, Friends & Fans [May 4, 2020] We hope you are safe, healthy and with and connected to your loved ones. Everyone is feeling this everywhere and especially in the industries that we bridge at Devour! The Food Film Fest – food & beverage, film, tourism, agriculture, education, travel…
Read MoreDevour! The Food Film Fest sets the scene with over 80 films in epic 2019 lineup
Wolfville, NS (September 10, 2019)– The world’s largest culinary film festival, Devour! The Food Film Fest (Devour!) announced the full film lineup for its 9th year at an event in Toronto with the Italian Trade Commission. Devour! takes place October 22-27, 2019 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The festival will screen 80+ new food-and-drink inspired films from 24 countries,…
Read MoreDevour! The Food Film Fest serves up significant economic impact in Nova Scotia
Wolfville, Wednesday, August 7 – Wolfville’s Devour! The Food Film Fest continues to have significant economic impact to the Nova Scotian economy and is gearing up for its ninth flagship event from October 22-27, 2019. According to statistics from Tourism Nova Scotia, 13,000 people attending Devour! in 2018 were responsible for an economic impact of just over…
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