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The Big Cheese

America’s greatest cheesemongers attempt the impossible: beating France at the Olympics of Cheese. THE BIG CHEESE follows a scrappy U.S. team battling cultural clashes, self-doubt, and melting cheese in pursuit of a historic victory.

  • ABOUT
  • BIO
  • SCREENINGS
  • AWARDS

Genre

Synopsis

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 the way American cheesemongers are seen by coaching a team of U.S. competitors to victory at the Mondial du Fromage, the “Olympics of Cheese,” in France. Team U.S.A. 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.

Director Identity

Bio

Sara Joe Wolansky is a documentary director and Emmy-nominated producer known for stranger-than-fiction stories crafted with empathy. "The Big Cheese," her first feature as director, was acquired by Obscured Releasing for distribution and has won awards at film festivals such as DOC NYC, Seattle, Cleveland, Beloit, Phoenix, and more. Formerly a Senior Video Producer at The New Yorker, she helped build its Oscar-nominated documentary brand from the ground up while directing her own award-winning shorts which garnered millions of views. Her films have earned recognition from awards including the ASME, Edward R. Murrow, News & Documentary Emmys, Vimeo Staff Pick, SPD, and more.

Screening History

World Premiere - DOC NYC - 2025

Seattle International Film Festival - 2026

Santa Barbara International Film Festival - 2026

Independent Film Festival Boston - 2026

Milwaukee Film Festival - 2026

Awards History

Seattle International Film Festival 2026 - Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision

Cleveland International Film Festival 2026 - Grand Jury Award Best Documentary Feature

Beloit International Film Festival 2026 - Best Documentary Feature

Phoenix International Film Festival 2026 - Best Director

DOC NYC 2026 - Audience Award Runner Up