Wednesday 15 February 2012
The Shoe Factory, 304 Ermou Str / 8.30pm
Entrance: Free
Screening: Our daily Bread - In presence of the director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Duration: 92’
With the Support of the Embassy of Austria
Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming! To the rhythm of conveyor belts and immense machines, the film looks without commenting into the places where food is produced in Europe: monumental spaces, surreal landscapes and bizarre sounds - a cool, industrial environment which leaves little space for individualism.
People, animals, crops and machines play a supporting role in the logistic of this system which provides our society’s standard of living. There is no voiceover or music, just the sound and rhythms of conveyor belts and machinery. The stunning visuals which range from absorbing and lovely to horrifying speak for themselves as indictments of the industry and its cruelty to both land and the animals.
Nominated for Best Documentary Award in the 2006 European Film Awards, the film received the Special Jury Award in the 2005 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and won the Best Film Award in the 2006 Ecocinema International Film Festival.
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