Director/Producer/Writer: Stage The Culinary Internship follows a group of aspiring chefs during a nine-month apprenticeship at one of the best restaurants in the world, Mugaritz. Seen on CBC, Documentary Channel and CBC GEM.
Awards
Best International Documentary Feature Galway Film Fleadh 2019
People Choice Toronto Food Film Festival 2019
Best Foreign Language Program, Series or Film Taste Awards 2019
Best Feature Length Film or Documentary Taste Awards 2019
Audience Awards Sonoma Int'l Film Fest 2020
Festivals
Toronto Food Film Festival 2019
Galway Film Fleadh 2019
Napa Valley Film Fest 2019
Edmonton Int'l Film Fest 2019
Devour Food Film Fest 2019
Palm Springs Int'l FF 2020
Sonoma Int'l Film Fest 2020
Ojai Film Fest 2020
Seoul Int'l Food Film Fest 2020
Newport Beach Film Fest 2020
Milwaukee Film Fest 2020
Seattle International Film Festival 2020
Eat Film Festival Moscow 2020
SLO Film Festival 2020
Press
Film Festival Today: Stage never loses sight of the passion and the reasons why chefs do what they do under the conditions they do it in.
The Hollywood Reporter: Abby Ainsworth's debut doc looks at a top-tier restaurant's take on the tradition of unpaid kitchen apprenticeships.
Disappointment Media: STAGE: THE CULINARY INTERNSHIP -- A Fascinating Documentary about Experimental Cuisine
Milwaukee Mag: Q&A With the Director of “Stage: The Culinary Internship
Milwaukee Mag: Stage: The Culinary Internship "a worthwhile and interesting look into a truly one-of-a-kind place.
On Milwaukee: Check out "Stage: The Culinary Internship," a look inside a real pressure cooker of a culinary experience, with 30 interns taking on a nine-month apprenticeship in one of the world's most popular molecular gastronomy restaurants.
Milwaukee Mag: Stage: The Culinary Internship is the #1 Pick for This Year’s Milwaukee Film Festival
Variety: A bustling, absorbing doc...Abby Ainsworth's handsome, diverting documentary presents it as a self-styled ivory tower.
Realscreen: Stage listed as MIPCOM Picks 2020
Women in Hollywood: Stage: The Culinary Internship | FILMS MADE BY WOMEN CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON STREAMING/VOD
POV Magazine: ‘Stage’ Offers Tasty Morsels for Foodie Film Buffs
WestWorld: Find out whether you'd be able to take the heat at Mugaritz, one of the world's most renowned restaurants, in the documentary Stage: The Culinary Internship. The film, currently available for streaming through Denver Film's Culinary Cinema program
Film Threat: Stage: A Culinary Internship is going to “wow” anyone who loves food documentaries.
Unseen Films: If you are a foodie or a food porn addict STAGE is a must.
Indiewire: Available via Virtual Cinema “Stage: The Culinary Internship” (directed by Abby Ainsworth) Distributor: Cargo Film
Shockya: "In this brief documentary writer-director Abby Ainsworth gives her movie audience a look at what goes on in the kitchen of one of the world’s top fifty restaurants, as chef interns with an average age of twenty-four come together to learn technique, of course, but more importantly to put their very souls into the preparation of food."
Couch Potato Cook: Have you ever dreamed of going behind the scenes of one of the world’s most renowned restaurants? Stage: The Culinary Internship, a new documentary premiering today, lets you do just that.
Do Savannah: "When Montage Cinemas features “Stage: The Culinary Internship,” they will be partnering up with a local restaurant for a dinner-and-a-movie package where ticket purchasers can pick up a full meal from the restaurant to enjoy with their screening."
Big Apple Reviews: In this brief documentary writer-director Abby Ainsworth gives her movie audience a look at what goes on in the kitchen of one of the world’s top fifty restaurants, as chef interns with an average age of twenty-four come together to learn technique, of course, but more importantly to put their very souls into the preparation of food.
SingleThread: Join us on Friday, May 29th for a Special Dinner and a Movie Night "STAGE: The Culinary Internship" follows a group of aspiring chefs during a nine-month apprenticeship at one of the best restaurants in the world: Mugaritz
Deadline: STAGE: The Culinary Internship at Palm Springs Film Festival
