Creative Mornings. Partners in Parallel: Filmmaking, Food, and the Immigrant Hustle
CreativeMornings Lisbon and Impact Hub Penha de França present ImmigrantFoodie!
REGISTRATION HERE https://bit.ly/ParallelMarch
Sergio and Oliver Zaciu (aka ImmigrantFoodie) were raised in a multi-cultural household. Born in Germany to a Turkish mother and a Romanian father, they moved to Bucharest, Romania in 1997 where they spent their formative years until heading to Los Angeles to attend film school at Chapman University and USC.
In 2020, they returned to Romania to work under the guidance of their mentor, Cristian Mungiu. In 2021, they helped Cristian write R.M.N., which had its world premiere at the Cannes Official Selection in 2022.
Since then, they’ve cultivated a successful restaurant review brand with ImmigrantFoodie on Instagram while working in parallel as writer-directors.
Their latest short film, Smecherie, was financed in part by Creative Europe Media and is bound for the 2025 film festival circuit.
ABOUT THEIR TALK
They’ll detail their journey from being in a band in high school, filmmakers in college, foodies in Lisbon, and the way they always found success by never trying to do the same thing at the same time, keeping multiple eggs in multiple baskets, and embracing their strengths and weaknesses.
Learn as they did to unlock your creative potential by setting ego aside, never insisting on having just one job, and doing something you love with someone you love.
🎵 Performance by Sway Row
Sway Row is Filipe Soeiro, an independent music maker based in Lisbon, Portugal.
Debut single “Life Upon a Lie” was released in August 2021, followed by debut EP “You May Feel Like” in August 2023.
EP single “Rivers Drown” was released along with a music video on YouTube in December 2023.
Sway Row released “Maracujá” in July 2024 as the first single in Portuguese and is set to release new music throughout 2025.
~ sway as you balance, row as you go ~
Additional details
SPEAKERS: ImmigrantFoodie — the Lisbon-famous restaurant critics, Sergio & Oliver Zaciu.
WHAT TO EXPECT: 8:30 — Doors open, arrival, mingling and breakfast. Coffee from Lavazza provided by Daily Coffee.
9:00 — Introduction by the new Lisbon city hosts, Truth W. Hawk and Laurine Maria Komduur.
9:15 — Music by singer/songwriter, Sway Row.
9:30 — Featured speakers, Sergio & Oliver Zaciu.
Local partners
351 Startup Association is the largest community of start-ups in Portugal, gathering +1500 startup founders, investors and corporates.
Daily Coffee proudly imports and represents the coffee brand Lavazza in Portugal. Lavazza is a 122 years old familiar brand from Torino, Italy.
“Impact Hub, the event venue and workspace fuelling innovation and impact in Lisbon.” For more questions about Impact Hub: [email protected]
GETTING THERE: By Metro: A ten minute walk from Arroios or Anjos station. By Car: Paid street parking is available around the venue. The main entrance and venue location is wheelchair accessible.
