COUNTRY
Spain
PRODUCTION
Cooker Stories
YEAR2024
DURATION20 min
WRITING Carlos González de la Peña
CINEMATOGRAPHY Consuelo Ramos
MUSIC
Pedro Perles, Artlist
EDITION Marcos Clairac
CAST Toni Montoliu, Juan Valero
DISTRIBUTION Cooker Stories
INTERNATIONAL SALES Cooker Stories
CONTACT cookerstories@cookerstories.com
SYNOPSIS The Dish: La paella tells the story of Toni, a farmer who, with patience and dedication, cooks
paella the traditional way: slowly, without haste, using local ingredients and with deep respect for the land. More than just a dish, paella is a shared ritual that evokes identity and belonging. This work invites us to discover an ancestral culinary tradition, where each flavor tells a story of life connected to the land and its roots, with the Albufera as the true protagonist.
Carlos González de la Peña Romero
Born in Jerez de la Frontera in 1983, he is a creative professional specializing in applied creativity. Over the past seventeen years, he has worked across different communication sectors, covering disciplines such as design, photography, cooking, gastronomic research and documentary filmmaking. He spent a significant part of his career at the El Bulli Foundation, where he served as a researcher, designer, photographer, and later as the coordinator of the foundation’s audiovisual department. Five years ago, he co-founded Cooker Stories, an audiovisual production company specializing in gastronomic content, alongside his partner Marta Lojendio.
FILMOGRAPHY
The Dish, la paella (documentary, 2024),
Big Red (documentary, 2023)
X
