The Golden Spurtle (The Golden Spurtle)

Constantine Costi

Dating back to neolithic times, few culinary traditions have survived as long as the hearty bowl of morning porridge. Each year the sleepy highland village of Carrbridge awakens with excitement as locals and competitors from around the globe gather for the honor of winning the World Porridge Making Championship. For ageing, charismatic protagonist Charlie Miller, this competition means so much more than just a bowl of steaming oats. With ailing health but a responsibility to his fellow porridge committee members, he is on a mission to secure the future of the championships – and his own legacy. Against the backdrop of the breathtaking Scottish Highlands and infused with whimsical humor of an eclectic cast the film captures the humanity of village life and those who visit with spurtle in hand.

UK, Australia 2025, '75

DIRECTOR: Constantine Costi

CAMERA: Dimitri Zaunders

PRODUCERS: Rebecca Lamond

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

Telluride FF
CPH:DOX
Edinburgh IFF
Vancouver IFF
Stockholm IFF
Sydney FF
Melbourne IFF
Zurich FF
DocPoint
Leiden IFF

Constantine Costi

Constantine Costi is an award-winning director and writer working across film and opera. His 2025 feature documentary The Golden Spurtle was selected to premiere in Copenhagen’s CPH:DOX. His film A Delicate Fire for Pinchgut Opera, based on the madrigals of Barbara Strozzi, was awarded Best Australian Feature Film at the Sydney Women’s Film Festival, and the ATOM Award’s Best Experimental Film. Recent theatrical highlights include Siegfried and Roy: The Unathorised Opera (Sydney Festival), Pierrot Lunaire for the Berlin Philharmoniker, Il Tabarro for Opera Australia, La Traviata on Sydney Harbour for Opera Australia, Melbourne, Cheremushki for Victorian Opera (for which he won Best Director for Melbourne’s Green Room Awards) and a Kurt Weill Double Bill for The Old Fitz Theatre. He is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney.