Benefit voku for Casa Zemstvei, docu screening “Consider a Tomato” (Marina Sulima, 2025)

- April 19th, 2026

Thursday April 23, 2026, Benefit voku for Casa Zemstvei with a documentary screening “Consider a Tomato” by Marina Sulima * 2025 * 74 minutes * Romanian, Dutch, English with English Subtitles,

We will be hosting a voku to raise funds for Casa Zemstvei, an independent cultural space in Moldova which is being forced to relocate due to the government plans to renovate the building and turn it into a museum. We will be serving delicious Moldovan food, and then we will screen “Consider a Tomato”, which tracks the story of a tomato from Moldova to the Netherlands.
Synopsis: In this documentary, director Marina Sulima follows the journey of a single tomato, tracing its path from her mother’s kitchen in Moldova to the high-tech greenhouses of the Netherlands. Guided by a family recipe manuscript, she uncovers the lives and labour entwined with these tomatoes – connecting home kitchens, Moldovan fields, and industrial production lines. Crafted with care and a deeply personal perspective, the film mirrors the way tomatoes were once tended by hand. Through one humble fruit, this poignant, inquisitive, and richly observational documentary invites viewers to rethink the choices we make about what we eat, how it reaches our tables, and what the future of food might hold.

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