Cine+Food Vegueta 2022 celebrates its third day, today, Saturday, August 27LTrans night as one of its main dishes, with the screening at 9:00 p.m., at Cosa de Colón, of the short film Isleteñas, where the life of this group in Gran Canaria is reflected, and followed by the documentary pink triangles, which collects the life of transsexuals in Tenerife. The directors of both films, Patricia Rivero and Borja Lynch, respectively, they will attend the screenings, accompanied by the protagonists of the works, and will then hold a pleasant conversation with the public, in one of the events with the greatest visibility for the trans community organized in the Canary Islands.
The presentation of the short film and documentary is included in the LGTBIQ+ Cycle, which is sponsored by the General Directorate of Diversity of the Government of the Canary Islands, directed by Víctor Ramírez, who will also attend the screening, along with the cCouncilor of District Port, Luis Zamoranowho has strongly supported the production of the short film Isleteñas, which reflects the importance of the Isleta neighborhood as a trench for the transsexual movement.
Highlight with a few hours before, at 6:00 p.m., also in the Casa de Colón, the Cinema and Woman cycle is held, promoted by the Department of Equality, directed by the mayor Mari Carmen Reyes, who will deal on its third day with the limits of pornography in the treatment of women, with the projection of the Swedish film Pleasureof Ninja Thyberg, and a subsequent colloquium established between spectator and guests.
However, the Plaza de Santa Ana will continue to be the film epicenter of Cine+Food, dedicating its screenings on Saturday to the world of motoring and racing, with the screening of the film Lemans’66 and Rush.
Today, Saturday, it is the turn of chef Luis Ortiz, specialized in Japanese cuisine, who will talk about Kaiseki, an ancient and refined tasting menu that exists traditionally used in Japan to accompany the tea ceremony and which aims to offer in an elegant and well-studied way local products offered each season. He is responsible for the kitchen of Komité, an itinerant restaurant, in which the chef visits the private rooms of the clients who hire him, creating a gastronomic restaurant in private homes so that they can enjoy a unique and unrepeatable experience in the intimacy, comfort and privacy of your home.
The Komité kitchen, directed by Luis Ortiz, it is emotional, imaginative, timeless, and it helps us bring to life all those memories and knowledge acquired on our travels. All dishes are inspired by unforgettable experiences lived.