The fifth edition of Job Film Days international film festival on work issues is back and it is going to be held in Turin from October 1st to October 6. The Festival, directed by Annalisa Lantermo and organised by the Job Film Days Ets Association together with The National Museum of Cinema and a dense network of local and national institutions and associations, will be held at Cinema Massimo, with a series of events also taking place in other cinemas and venues, to broaden the story of workplace to other arts and audience.

The picture, created specifically for the Festival, is a work by Mara Cerri, illustrator and author of animated films and considered one of the most talented Italian artists.

In the image, with which she has chosen to represent Job Film Days 2024, a teacher, a chef, a nurse, a manager and a worker can be seen: common people busy dealing with normal everyday life. To ‘break’ this consolidated routine, two objects take over at the sides of the picture: a microphone and a camera. These two objects turn the workers into real actors and the metro into a movie set, in which an ordinary day takes place so that the audience can recognise their own reality and decide to take the field in staging the job, the last true example of meeting (and battle) ground of the so-called liberal democracies.

The Festival will also dedicate an exhibition to the illustrator at Cinema Massimo, where 15 of her works will be shown in the foyer. Among these, 13 are works that Mara Cerri has created for ‘La rivista del cinematografo’ (The cinematograph magazine). The exhibition will be free during the days of the festival, from October 1st to October 6 and during the cinema opening hours.