For the first time the programmed films will compete for an award given by the Tokyo Gohan Film Festival.

Today, July 18, the Basque Culinary Center, the San Sebastian Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival announced the programme of the "Culinary Zinema" section. The press conference was attended by Thomas Struck, Head of the "Culinary Cinema" section at the Berlin Festival,Joxe Mari Aizega, Director of the Basque Culinary Center, and José Luis Rebordinos, Director of the San Sebastian Film Festival.

The collaboration between the San Sebastian Festival, the Berlin Festival and the Basque Culinary Center, now underway for four years, aims to combine the biggest film event of the year in the Basque Country with the gastronomic wealth of one of the regions to boast the highest concentration of Michelin stars in the world.

The fourth edition of "Culinary Zinema" will open on September 20 with the film The Hundred-Foot Journey, a flavour-packed comedy starring Academy Award winner Helen Mirren, directed by proclaimed filmmaker Lasse Hallström and produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey. A total of seven full-length films and four short films make up this year's programme.

As usual, the selection will be accompanied by themed dinners prepared by esteemed international chefs at the Basque Culinary Center and the restaurants Mirador de Ulía, ni neu and Tenis Ondarreta.

This year, "Culinary Zinema" will also see a first collaboration with the event dedicated to food-related movies, the Tokyo Gohan Film Festival, began in 2010 with the concept of not only watching a movie, but experienceing a meal with our five senses, with good movies, good music,  by programming "Delicious Films". The festival is taking place around Omote-Sando, Harajuku area where the hottest spot for lifestyle and culture. A jury selected by the Tokyo Gohan Film Festival will give one of the films programmed in the section "Culinary Zinema" an award of €10,000 for its international distributor, or, in the event that it has no distributor, for its producer.

In the words of Naoki Kai, director of the Tokyo Film Festival Gohan, "it is such a honor to collaborate with San Sebastian International Film Festival. I hope we could build a prosperous relationship and bring San Sebastian and World's best Culinary Films and its culinary culture to Japan via our Tokyo Gohan Film Festival". Tokyo Film Festival enjoys the collaboration of Yuko Shimoka, president of pictures.dept.co.ltd.

Joint tickets for the "Culinary Zinema" screenings and dinners will go on sale on September 1 at a price of €57.20, via the usual Festival channels