• Source: Our Daily Bread (2005 film)

      • Our Daily Bread (German: Unser täglich Brot) is a 2005 documentary film directed, co-produced, and with cinematography by Nikolaus Geyrhalter. The script was co-written by Wolfgang Widerhofer and Nikolaus Geyrhalter.
      The film depicts how modern food production companies employ technology to produce food on large scales. It consists mainly of actual working situations without voice-over narration or interviews as the director tries to let viewers form their own opinion on the subject. The names of the companies where the footage was filmed are purposely not shown. The director's goal is to provide a realistic view on the internal workings of multiple food production companies in our modern society.


      Foods transformations


      Different processes in agriculture and food processing plants are shown in the film. Since scenes are mixed, food transformations are listed below with no particular order.

      Semen to pigs
      Pigs to meat
      Semen to cows
      Cows to meat
      Cows to milk
      Eggs to chickens
      Chickens to eggs
      Chickens to meat
      Fish
      Crops and field harvests (misc)
      Tomatoes in rock wool
      Salads night harvest
      Peppers
      Cucumbers
      Apples
      Olives harvest
      Salt from mines


      Places and companies


      The names of the companies where the footage was filmed are provided on the official site in the booklet pdf. They are listed below for convenience and to help further investigation:

      Danish Crown (pork, beef) company site Europe
      Tasty Tom (tomatoes) company site places Netherlands (sample Sat view)
      Geflügelhof Latschenberger GmbH (eggs) Biberbach, Austria
      Pro Ovo (eggs) company site Biberbach, Austria
      Radatz Fleischwaren (pork) company site Vienna, Austria
      Marché Couvert de Ciney (beef), Ciney, Belgium
      Abattoir et Marché de Bastogne (meat), company siteBastogne,Belgium
      Belgian Blue Group s.c.r.l (bulls) company site, Belgium
      Zaklady Drobiarskie ‘Kozieglowy’ Sp.zo.o (chickens), company site Kozieglowy, Poland
      Nutreco, Skretting, Marine Harvest, Norway, Marine Harvest processing plant Ryfisk at Hjelmeland (fish) company site Hjelmeland, Norway
      Vitana (pre-cooked foods), company site, Czech Republic
      Solofino (sprinkles) company site, Austria
      esco European salt company GmbH & Co. KG (rock salt) company site, Germany
      Agrargenossenschaft Cobbelsdorf eG (cereals), Cobbelsdorf Germany
      Kalbescher Werder Agrar GmbH (milk), Brunau Germany
      Quality Sprout Kerkdriel (sprouts), Kerkdriel Netherlands
      Löhle Thomas Obstbau (fruits), Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
      Salemfrucht GmbH (apples), Germany
      Árpád - Agrár Rt. (misc) company site Hungary
      Chiquita Deutschland (bananas) company site, Germany
      Sucatrans BVBA (transport of art), Belgium
      The Greenery (vegetables/fruits), company site, Netherlands
      Jamnica d.d., (mineral water) company site, Sveta Jana (???), Croatia
      Ferme la Béole (farm hostel) Belgium
      SAD s.r.o. (equipment?) Brezno, Slovakia


      Reception


      Our Daily Bread has a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critical consensus stated as, "A matter-of-fact, nearly wordless documentary, Our Daily Bread's spare presentation of slaughterhouses and human consumption serves up food for thought." It also has an 86/100 on Metacritic, and received two votes in the 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the world's greatest films.


      Awards


      Award wins:

      Grand Prix, Festival International du Film d'Environnement, Paris, 2006
      EcoCamera Award, Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, 2006
      Best Film, Ecocinema International Film Festival Athens 2006
      Honourable Mention, Special Jury Prize - International Feature - Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto 2006
      Special John Templeton Prize - Visions du Réel documentary film festival, Nyon, Switzerland 2006:
      Special Jury Award - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2005
      Nominations:

      Nomination, European Film Award, Prix Arte, 2006


      See also



      Koyaanisqatsi
      Manufactured Landscapes
      Pig Business (film)


      References




      External links


      Official site
      Unser täglich Brot at IMDb
      Our Daily Bread on Dafilms.com
      Our Daily Bread at Rotten Tomatoes

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