Breadvideo
2025 · 13m · USA
Directed by Benana Sonjira
Genres: animation, comedy, experimental, surrealism
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, provocative, surreal, whimsical
Three bread-shaped bakers work in a small square bakery in the middle of a country-sized parking lot: Baker Baker who makes strange breads, Jared Leto ('no relation') who runs the bakery, and Fifty-Nine who tends the till while spewing prime numbers. When a customer breaks the building, Baker Baker bakes the 3D model's parts back together, and the story briefly detours to Hell.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Stop-motion bakers including 'Jared Leto (no relation)' and a prime-number-spewing till operator, with a detour to Hell when the 3D model breaks — yes, this is the deranged kind of student work I came for. Hertzfeldt-lineage in name, but the bit is its own.
Don Hertzfeldt by way of Adult Swim — a character named 'Jared Leto (no relation),' another spewing prime numbers, 3D models that get baked back together, and a brief trip to Hell. The Švankmajer comparison is earned, and the willingness to be this strange in 2025 is itself the curatorial signal.
Thirteen minutes of stop-motion bread-bakers (including 'Jared Leto (no relation)' and a character named Fifty-Nine who spews primes) in a parking-lot bakery, with a brief Hell detour after a customer breaks the 3D model and Baker Baker bakes the parts back together — that's Don Hertzfeldt energy with Švankmajer materials. Specific weirdness earned.
Reviews
Baker Baker makes strange breads, Jared Leto ('no relation') runs the bakery, and Fifty-Nine tends the till while spewing prime numbers. Stop-motion and '90s CGI meld together for a story about a customer breaking the building, after which Baker Baker bakes the 3D-model's parts until a brief trip to Hell.
Meticulously chaotic yet conveying a quiet soft sort of feeling.
Unequivocal and singular artistry.
Festivals
- Slamdance Film Festival 2025, World Premiere
- Transfiguration International Film Festival 2024
- Malt Adult 2024
- Onion City Experimental Film Festival 2025