2019 – 2023: Mottainai Kitchen
At the invitation of producer Kenji Sekine/United People, David Groß traveled to Japan for the first time in 2017. The country is one of the biggest food wasters in the world. At the same time, respect for food is deeply rooted in traditional culture. This manifests itself in the fascinating concept of Mottainai, which is a call to sustainable living.
In the summer of 2019, the filming of Mottainai Kitchen took place in Japan.
The documentary premiered in Tokyo in August 2020 and has since been shown in over 80 cinemas across Japan. Mottainai Kitchen is also screening at international film festivals, most recently in the U.S. and South Korea.
Triggered by the movie, an active Mottainai Kitchen movement has sprung up in Japan. Cooking events of the same name are taking place, and the film is also being used in education, universities and schools.
Webseite Mottainai Kitchen
https://en.mottainai-kitchen.net/about/
Official Trailer Mottainai Kitchen
2015 – 2017: refugee.tv
refugee.tv is a cross-media project that was started by David Gross in September 2015. It is Europe’s first internet broadcasting channel run by refugees.
refugee.tv provides a platform for filmmakers and journalists who come to Europe as refugees. Often they have been forced out of their home countries as a result of their critical reporting. Films and reports are produced in cooperation with a German-Austrian film crew.
refugee.tv offers film workshops for young refugees, runs temporary TV studios in refugee shelters and takes part in art festivals with the refugee.tv support band. The multicultural team led by David Gross includes media representatives from 10 countries.
Teaser first report
Crowdfunding video
Teaser Heimatfilm
Visit refugee.tv’s Facebook page
2012 – 2017: Wastecooking
Webseries, performances, initiatives and exhibitions
This consumerism-critical cooking show is a transmedia-project. It uses multiple forms of media to raise awareness of the issue of food waste and demonstrate creative solutions to the problem.
Wastecooking can be experienced first-hand at art festivals, as part of exhibitions and through performances. David Gross brought Wastecooking to life on May 1, 2012. He acts as author, dumpster diver and cooking activist. Wastecooking began with an underground webseries, political dumpster diving tours and actionist cooking events. The project became popular with a larger audience through a TV series and cinematic film.
The Wastecooking cinematic documentary won awards at film festivals in Germany, France and the Czech Republic. In January 2017 the film will premiere in Japan. David Gross will be taking a two-week trip to Japan to present the film and participate in consumerism-critical cooking events.
Website: http://www.wastecooking.com/
Teaser
Days in Trash – Clip
Free Supermarket
Visit wastecooking’s Facebook page