BREAD: AN EVERYDAY MIRACLE
Once merely a basic foodstuff, bread has now become a brand-name product with ever more varieties and suppliers. But do we know what we are actually eating every day? The film BREAD: AN EVERYDAY MIRACLE takes us on an enlightening journey into the world of bread and its production today. We meet traditional artisan bakers and cereal farmers who can vouch for quality and sustainable ingredients. Director Harald Friedl also shows us the baking factories of transnational food corporations, who go to great technological lengths on their mission to recreate authentic taste. Industrially produced bread is fast becoming an artificial product. How can the craft of baking survive? And what will the bread of the future be like?
Festivals
- Salem Film Festival, USA (2020)
- Milano Design FF, Italy (2020)
- Sonoma International Film Festival, USA (2021)
- Contemporary Science Film Festival, Russia (2021)
- Genuss Festival, Switzerland (2021)
- "Audience Award", Pelicam Festival, Fresh Perspectives competition, Romania (2021)
- Glimmerglass Film Days, USA (2021)
- Fairhope Film Festival, USA (2021)
- São Paulo Food FF, Brazil (2022)
- Seoul International Eco FF, The Foods We Love section, South Korea (2023)
More info
Theatrical release Germany (Real Fiction), Austria (Filmladen)
"In addition to providing a thoughtful and well-balanced essay on the food we eat, Friedl’s film serves a banquet of bread porn."
Read the full review in POV Magazine, Pat Mullen
Synopsis
Once merely a basic foodstuff, bread has now become a brand-name product with ever more varieties and suppliers. But do we know what we are actually eating every day? The film BREAD: AN EVERYDAY MIRACLE takes us on an enlightening journey into the world of bread and its production today. We meet traditional artisan bakers and cereal farmers who can vouch for quality and sustainable ingredients. Director Harald Friedl also shows us the baking factories of transnational food corporations, who go to great technological lengths on their mission to recreate authentic taste. Industrially produced bread is fast becoming an artificial product. How can the craft of baking survive? And what will the bread of the future be like?
Festivals
- Salem Film Festival, USA (2020)
- Milano Design FF, Italy (2020)
- Sonoma International Film Festival, USA (2021)
- Contemporary Science Film Festival, Russia (2021)
- Genuss Festival, Switzerland (2021)
- "Audience Award", Pelicam Festival, Fresh Perspectives competition, Romania (2021)
- Glimmerglass Film Days, USA (2021)
- Fairhope Film Festival, USA (2021)
- São Paulo Food FF, Brazil (2022)
- Seoul International Eco FF, The Foods We Love section, South Korea (2023)
More info
Theatrical release Germany (Real Fiction), Austria (Filmladen)
"In addition to providing a thoughtful and well-balanced essay on the food we eat, Friedl’s film serves a banquet of bread porn."
Read the full review in POV Magazine, Pat Mullen