Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Grant Baldwin and released in 2014.Daphne Bramham, "Video: How long could you survive eating out of a dumpster?". Vancouver Sun, September 29, 2014. The film centres on Baldwin and his partner, producer Jenny Rustemeyer, as they embark on a plan to spend six months living only off discarded food, ultimately learning that up to 40 per cent of all food in North America ends up in the garbage as waste despite being unspoiled and perfectly edible.Mark Taylor, "'Just Eat It' Demonstrates a Widespread System of Food Waste". KQED, June 1, 2015.
The film premiered at the 2014 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Awards Award Year Category Recipient Result Ref Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2014 Earl A. Glick Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award Grant Baldwin Paula Bernstein, "Hot Docs 2014 Winners Announced: ‘Out of Mind, Out of Sight’ Wins Best Canadian Feature Documentary". IndieWire, May 3, 2014. CPH:DOX 2014 Politiken Audience Award Leo Awards 2015 Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series Sabrina Furminger, "Leo Awards 2015: Laughing it up at the second ceremony". Vancouver Is Awesome, June 14, 2015. Best Musical Score in a Documentary Program or Series Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2014 Best Canadian Documentary Vancouver International Film Festival 2014 Impact Award Bethany Lindsay, "Baseball film hits home run at VIFF; The Vancouver Asahi takes people's choice award". Vancouver Sun, October 11, 2014. #MustSeeBC
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