The Biggest Little Farm
Culinary Cinema 2019
USA 2018
by: John Chester
Emma the pig, Greasy the rooster
The Biggest Little Farm
Culinary Cinema 2019
USA 2018
by: John Chester
John Chester and Caya the dog
The Biggest Little Farm
Culinary Cinema 2019
USA 2018
by: John Chester
The Biggest Little Farm
Culinary Cinema 2019
USA 2018
by: John Chester
John Chester
Feb 14, 2019Sebastian Frank, Amy Overbeck, Sandra Keats, Erica Messer, John Chester
The top chef with the film's editor, the producer, the executive producer and the director.
Culinary Cinema – The Biggest Little Farm
Feb 14, 2019Sebastian Frank
The chef with his team preparing the dinner.
Culinary Cinema – The Biggest Little Farm
Feb 14, 2019Dieter Kosslick, John Chester
The Festival DIrector with the director.
Culinary Cinema – The Biggest Little Farm
Feb 14, 2019John Chester
The director in conversation with the moderator Katie Gallus.
Culinary Cinema – The Biggest Little Farm
Feb 14, 2019Audience, John Chester
Culinary Cinema – The Biggest Little Farm
Feb 14, 2019Dieter Kosslick, Sandra Keats
The Festival Director with the producer.
Culinary Cinema – The Biggest Little Farm
Feb 15, 2019John Chester
The director during Q&A.
Berlinale Goes Kiez – The Biggest Little Farm
Feb 15, 2019Culinary Cinema Goes Kiez
After the screening Claude Trendel served a meal at “Gourmanderie” restaurant in the Centre Français de Berlin.
Berlinale Goes Kiez – The Biggest Little Farm
Feb 15, 2019Thomas Struck, Claude Trendel
Culinary Cinema Goes Kiez: the curator of the Culinary Cinema and the chef of the evening.
Berlinale Goes Kiez – The Biggest Little Farm
The Biggest Little Farm is a documentary about the complexity of nature and our relationship to it. It follows the efforts of two dreamers in California’s Ventura County as they try to build a new existence for themselves and their dog in harmony with themselves and the land. And so, with a generous helping of naivety and idealism, the couple set out to build a sustainable farm which has the greatest possible diversity of plants and animals. But their 200 hectares of land are low in nutrients and suffering from a severe drought. Cameraman, director and newly minted farmer John Chester spent eight years chronicling the hard and passionate work involved in realising their utopia; his footage also includes some remarkable nocturnal shots of their animal companions. After having planted 10,000 fruit trees and having brought in numerous wild and domestic animals, the farm starts to come to life and the Chesters’ dream begins to become reality. But to ensure the farm’s long-term survival they will need to fathom more deeply the secrets of nature and life.
by
John Chester
USA 2018
English
Documentary form91’ · Colour
A filmmaker and television director for 25 years, his recent short films for the Super Soul Sunday talk show with Oprah Winfrey have won five Emmys. His work first reached a wide audience with his 2006 television documentary series Random 1. Lost in Woonsocket, his first documentary, premiered at SXSW in 2007; Rock Prophecies, about the photographer Robert Knight, won several audience awards. He is able to pursue his interest in the complex interrelations of ecosystems on the biodynamic farm he established with his wife in 2010.
Filmography2006 Random 1; TV series 2007 Lost in Woonsocket; documentary 2010 Rock Prophecies; documentary 2018 The Biggest Little Farm
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
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