Tomas Brickhill's refreshing view of contemporary life in Harare, Zimbabwe, told through the lens of a classic romantic comedy.

As a young single mother Anesu continues to live at home, where she is subject to her own mother’s withering looks. Her future looks dark and she thinks she’s blown it. However, her life is turned upside down as her son and best friend secretly enters her into a reality TV competition.

Cook Off is a award-winning Zimbabwean romantic comedy set in contemporary, middle-class Harare where people struggle with love and ambition, women have natural hair styles and everyone watches universally recognisable cooking shows. Warm, family film that provides a quotidian impression of Zimbabwe right before President Mugabe was peacefully deposed. Featuring Zimbabwean stars including Tendaiishe Chitima, Michael Kudakwashe, singer Tehn Diamond and poet Chirikure Chirikure.

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COMPETITION: Win 1x pair of tickets to attend Tomas Brickhill: Cook Off (London Premiere) at The May Fair Hotel at 18:00 on Saturday 27 July. To enter the competition, send an email to vienna@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ line. The winner will be randomly selected.
Q: Castoreum, which is used as vanilla flavoring in sweets, baked goods, etc., is actually a secretion from the anal glands of which creature?
A: .1) Sea Otter .2) Koala .3) Beaver .4) Pangolin