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The Big Cheese

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Grand Jury Award: Documentary (Best Documentary) Winner
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Festival Year: 2026
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Run Time: 88 Minutes
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Film Type: Feature
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Animated: No
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Genre: Documentary
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Interests: First-Time Features
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Countr(ies): USA
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Language: English, French, Japanese
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Captions: Closed

What is a “cheesemonger?” It’s sort of like a sommelier, but for cheese – with less pretension and more punk rock.

In places like Europe, cheese mongering is a vaunted, prestigious career. In America, it often means working minimum wage at a grocery counter.

Adam “Mr. Moo” Moskowitz is attempting to change that by coaching a team of American cheesemongers to victory at the Mondial du Fromage, the “Olympics of Cheese,” in France. Team USA has never won.

The Big Cheese follows these underdogs as they battle cultural clashes, personal struggles, and melting cheese while training for the ultimate cheese competition.

With reputations, redemption, and a historic victory on the line, can they finally prove America belongs on the world’s biggest cheese stage?

You’ll have to watch to find out.

And please consider joining us at the Marchant Manor Cheese Shop for The Big Cheese Tasting event following the screening and Q&A.

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Programmer's Comment:

"Cheesemongering at its finest. Can the age old traditions be broken on the main stage?" – Shannon

Cast & Crew

Directed By

Sara Joe Wolansky

Produced By

Sara Joe Wolansky, James A. Smith; Executive Producers: Adam Moskowitz, James P. O'Shaughnessy, Joe Beshenkovsky, Stacey Reiss

Cinematographers

Gareth Smit

Editors

Nick Weiss-Richmond

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