''Our Daily Bread'' (german: Unser täglich Brot) is a 2005 documentary film directed, co-produced, and with cinematography by

Nikolaus Geyrhalter Nikolaus Geyrhalter (born 1972) is an Austrian filmmaker. He has directed, produced, written, and worked as cinematographer for numerous documentaries. He has won awards for ''Das Jahr nach Dayton'' (1997), ''Pripyat'' (1999), '' Elsewhere'' (2001 ...

. The script was co-written by

Wolfgang Widerhofer Wolfgang is a German name, German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wikt:wolf#Old High German, wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''wikt:gang#Old High Germa ...

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 th
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They are listed below for convenience and to help further investigation: *Danish Crown (pork, beef
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Europe *Tasty Tom (tomatoes
company siteplaces
Netherland
(sample Sat view)
*Geflügelhof Latschenberger GmbH (eggs
Biberbach, Austria
*Pro Ovo (eggs
company siteBiberbach, Austria
*Radatz Fleischwaren (pork
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Vienna, Austria *Marché Couvert de Ciney (beef)
Ciney, Belgium
*Abattoir et Marché de Bastogne (meat)
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https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Bastogne,+Luxemburg,+Walloon+Region,+Belgium&sll=50.296372,5.100388&sspn=0.298276,0.617981&ie=UTF8&cd=1&z=11&iwloc=addr&om=1 Bastogne,Belgium] *Belgian Blue Group s.c.r.l (bulls
company site
Belgium *Zaklady Drobiarskie ‘Kozieglowy’ Sp.zo.o (chickens)
company siteKozieglowy, Poland
*Nutreco, Skretting, Marine Harvest, Norway, Marine Harvest processing plant Ryfisk at Hjelmeland (fish
company siteHjelmeland, Norway
*Vitana (pre-cooked foods)
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Czech Republic *Solofino (sprinkles
company site
Austria *esco European salt company GmbH & Co. KG (rock salt
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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)
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Netherlands *Jamnica d.d., (mineral water
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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

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, 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

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, and received two votes in the 2012 ''

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'' 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 -

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2006: *Special Jury Award - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2005 Nominations: *Nomination, European Film Award, Prix Arte, 2006

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