Every year, the UK food industry wastes 1.9 million tones of food.
'A Failure of the Imagination' documents the story of one chef and his efforts to change this.
![](https://progressfilm.co.uk/uploads/cache/image_placeholder_webp/uploads/media/5fad764417c79/afoti-8.webp?originalExtension=jpeg)
Five years ago, Douglas McMaster opened the restaurant Silo, hoping to change the unsustainable practices of modern food systems. His aim was simple, yet frighteningly ambitious: create an award-winning menu using a zero-waste food system designed from scratch. This is the story of that restaurant’s first five years.
![](https://progressfilm.co.uk/uploads/cache/image_placeholder_webp/uploads/media/5fad6590d202b/5.webp?originalExtension=jpg)
![](https://progressfilm.co.uk/uploads/cache/image_placeholder_webp/uploads/media/5fad65917cae8/7.webp?originalExtension=jpg)
![](https://progressfilm.co.uk/uploads/cache/image_placeholder_webp/uploads/media/5f44c26b254ba/a-failure-of-the-imagination-04.webp?originalExtension=jpg)
The film has picked up multiple awards at film festival awards around the world including the British Independent Documentary Festival, as well as a coveted Vimeo Staff Pick. More importantly, the film has acted as inspiration to many viewers on their own journeys to a zero-waste lifestyle.
![](https://progressfilm.co.uk/uploads/cache/image_placeholder_webp/uploads/media/5fb2ec1761dd9/img-4566.webp?originalExtension=jpeg)
![](https://progressfilm.co.uk/uploads/cache/image_placeholder_webp/uploads/media/5fb2ec043c61a/img-0380.webp?originalExtension=jpeg)