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Agency
Oppenheim und Partner
Client
Valser
Prod Co
Dynamic Frame
Director
Maximilian Speidel
Dop
Rokas Šydeikis
editor
Noa Roethlisberger
Food is never just about food. It's about the people we share it with, the care we put into it, and the things we rarely find the words to say.
For VALSER, we created Chef Stories, a four-part cinematic documentary series following chefs in Zürich, Vals, Lugano and Geneva. Real kitchens, real people, and the quiet poetry of their everyday craft.
Combining intimate documentary observation with carefully composed imagery and short poetic reflections, the films explore food as an expression of love, patience and connection. Water runs through each story as an invisible thread, connecting people, places and the moments that matter.
