PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - The popular Plett Food & Film Festival will be back this year as part of the Plett Arts Festival which kicks off next week.

The event has become known for celebrating unique films and delicious food and this year won't be any different. 

Themed "A Night of Kalahari Enchantment", it will take festinos on a sensory trip through the Kalahari via a movie screening, music and food at the White House in Plettenberg Bay on 2 October.

The film to be screened at the festival will be The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story. It is a documentary by Craig Foster, Academy Award-winning producer of My Octopus Teacher, and his brother, Damon Foster. Made in 2000, the film is a profound and beautiful documentation of the spiritual synergy and symbiosis of natural beings as lived out by the San of the Kalahari.

Taking inspiration from the film, the event's cooks, performers and "magic-makers" are set to complete this fantastic line-up.

The team from Nguni Restaurant will conjure up a delicious meal, flavoured with wild edibles, capturing the spirit of the Kalahari. Ancient Voices, a duo of exceptional performers on kora and traditional instruments, will provide the musical element, while Henry Khoisan will be performing evocative /Xam poetry of Dia!kwain, Kweiten-ta-//ken, /A!kunta, /Hanzkass'o and //Kabbo, adapted by Antjie Krog. Vanessa Brewer will lead a fascinating guided tasting of urban-foraged edible roots, leaves, and unexpected edibles.

In previous years, the Plett Food & Film event has taken audiences on incredible journeys, complete with unforgettable feasts and flavours, drama, and joy, with film pairings of Like Water for Chocolate, The Big Night, Babette's Feast, the poignant Lunchbox, and the heartbreaking Katrina. 

Each evening has been unique, and Plett Food & Film has hosted special guests from across the globe, including Reza "The Spice Prince" Mohamed, Karin Dudley, Jenny Morris and famously hilarious Suzelle DIY.

As every film screened has told a story, so has every meal added a unique, memorable ingredient to the Plett Food & Film experience.

"If you've been to Plett Food & Film before, we know you'll definitely be coming back," said festival director, Cindy Wilson-Trollip. "It's a one-of-a-kind event and has to be experienced to be fully appreciated. A Night of Kalahari Enchantment, featuring The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story, steeps the audience in otherworldly lore and, well, you have to be there."

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