Dear Friends,
Happy New Year!
We have news. Ceres is moving to spring.
After nine seasons in the fall, Season 10 will soft open in April 2026 - a season of emergence, openness, and new growth. Our tenth year of stories worth telling. We’re excited to meet you there.
Programming and dates coming soon. The thrill! ✨
Fresh on YouTube
While we’re gearing up for spring, we’ve been adding films to The Ceres Collection on YouTube - bringing some of our favorite festival discoveries to your screen.
Two recent additions we’re excited to share:
Great Wall (dir. Rioin Oshiro) - This 2024 James Beard Award winner follows a Chinese-American woman from two generations of restaurant owners who discovers her true calling opening a dim sum restaurant. It’s slow, gorgeous filmmaking - the kind that lets you sink into a place and its people, exploring the weight of family expectations and finding your own path.
Grandma’s Food (dir. Luisa Macedo) - Two grandmothers: one left behind a recipe notebook, the other kept recipes in her head. Through their memories, the director explores social and racial inequality, gender, food, and what gets written down versus what gets remembered.
Each film in the Collection explores the complex role food plays in our lives - from culture and identity to climate and community. We’re here to share storytelling that stays with you ❤️
Ceres Filmmaker Residency | Costa Rica
Ceres alum filmmakers are invited to enter for a chance to win a free residency at Toji Nature Retreat in Costa Rica: a space dedicated to food sovereignty, regenerative community models, and time spent paying attention.
The dates of the retreat will run May 17–23, 2026. For applicants with additional time, the residency may include an extended stay in Toji’s tree house, offering space to observe the surrounding nature reserve and community while gathering ideas and inspiration.
Toji’s Dos Colinas community is the first expression of its OG Villages model, blending indigenous practices and permaculture with contemporary innovation to support realistic, sustainable development. Filmmakers interested in eco-villages and movements toward sovereignty are especially encouraged to apply.
Free to enter. One filmmaker will be selected and will receive a partial travel credit.
With warmth and gratitude,
Maayan and the Ceres Team
