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Bread Will Walk

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How it feels

A corporation sells miracle bread that turns people into zombie loaves. These zombie loaves then face the threat of being eaten themselves. It is a short animated satire about climate change.

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What happens

Bread Will Walk is a Canadian short animated film, directed by Alex Boya and released in 2025. The film is a satire about climate change in which a corporation tries to solve hunger by selling loaves of "miracle" bread that turn people who eat it into zombie loaves of bread, who are in turn under threat of being eaten themselves. All speaking characters in the film are voiced by Jay Baruchel. The film premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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