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The seventh edition of Job Film Days concluded on Sunday, October 11, with the Awards Ceremony held at Cinema Massimo of the National Museum of Cinema. International Film Award “Lavoro 2026” JFD – INAIL Piemonte The Jury, chaired by Irene Dionisio and comprising Giovanna Maina, Ilaria Feole, Perla Sadella and Alessandro Lanza, awarded the Best Film Award (€4,000) to Bulakna by Leonor Noivo (Portugal/France, 2025, 93′). The Grand Jury Prize (€2,000) was awarded to 2m2 by Volkan Üce (Belgium/Germany/Turkey, 2026, 83′). The Special Award for Best Film Addressing Occupational Health and Safety Issues (€1,000) went to The Employed by Tommaso Cotronei (Italy, 2026, 60′). The Jury also awarded a Special Mention to Fordlândia Panacea by Susana de Sousa Dias (Portugal/Brazil, 2025, 66′). The Best Feature Film Award presented by the Student Jury, comprising students from the University of Turin (degree programmes in DAMS – Performing Arts, Music, Theatre and Digital Media; CAM – Cinema, Performing Arts, Music and Media; and Communication Studies), the Polytechnic University of Turin (degree programme in Cinema and Digital Media Engineering), the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin and Scuola Holden, went to The Case Against Space by Graeme Arnfield (United Kingdom/France, 2026, 72′). A […]
After the positive partnership that started last year, Job Film Days and the Piedmont Order of Journalists are renewing their shared commitment with a new project dedicated to exploring the world of work. For the seventh edition of the festival (October 6th to 11th, 2026), a call for submissions has been opened for a collective photography exhibition aimed at building a multi-voiced visual narrative, highlighting the role of photojournalism as witness to the present and a tool for reflection on labour rights and transformations. Photographers are invited to participate by submitting a snapshot able to narrate work in its multiple forms. The proposals must be submitted by August 28th, 2026 to info.ordine@odgpiemonte.it, in print-ready JPG format (long edge 5000 px), accompanied by a brief caption and a short biography. The exhibition will be curated by Paolo Siccardi for the Piedmont Order of Journalists and by Stefania Collina for Job Film Days. The opening, scheduled for the week before the festival begins, will be paired with a professional training workshop dedicated to the connection between image and labour, as well as how photography has helped shape its public perception.
In anticipation of the 7th edition of Job Film Days (October 6 -11, 2026), Turin prepares to welcome the festival with the cover image created by illustrator Michele Peroncini. Michele Peroncini‘s artwork is a programmatic manifesto: using cinema lenses, his aim focuses directly on productive reality and on labor rights. Framing the city of Turin through worn-out working gloves highlighting the willingness of the event to put people in the spotlight, their fatigues and their stories, transforming the work into the protagonist and privileged spectator of cinematic culture. Michele Peroncini lives and works in La Spezia. I moti celesti, his first comic, was published by Coconino press in 2024. Following immediate appreciation by both critics and readers for his great talent, the French publisher Sarbacane released his work in 2025. He’s renown as one of the most promising voices of the Italian comic scene, he collaborates as illustrator and comic book artist for various magazines and publishers. The collaboration between film days and Michele Peroncini was born thanks to Leonardo Guardigli, Coconino press‘ art director who’s been festival image guide coordinator for several years.
On occasion of World Refugee Day, Gruppo Abele, Associazione Mosaico-Azioni per i rifugiati and Job Film Days are organizing the screening of the movie “Nyumba“ by Francesco del Grosso (Italy, 2025, 83′). The event will take place on June 16th, at 8.30 P.M., at Gruppo Abele‘s offices in Corso Trapani 91 b in Turin. Already presented at Job Film Days’ sixth edition in October 2025, Nyumba is a physical and emotional immersive experience, a total and all-encompassing travel journal, in the lives of five people forced to flee from their countries and put the past behind to be reborn elsewhere. In Steccato di Cutro, Calabria, in the night between February 25th and 26th, 2023, a caique boat departed from Turkey ran aground and shipwrecked, causing an onslaught of immigrants. On that beach, five young African men tell their stories, they arrived in Calabria from Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and chose to stay, finding their new home (in Swahili “nyumba” means “home”). The evening will feature Lucia Bianco, Gruppo Abele vice president, Berthin Nzosa, Mosaico – Azione per i rifugiati director, Paola Bottero, movie’s screenwriter, Annalisa Lantermo, Job Film Days director. Free entry.
On June 12th, from 6.30 P.M. to 8.30 P.M., at Officina Adhoc, Via Cervino 24A, Turin, in collaboration with Job Film Days, Officina Adhoc organizes an evening about labor, built as a three-part experience: watch, listen, speak. The photographic exhibition “Il metallo, la carne, il domani” by Robertino Radovix, will be open for visiting in an Indian foundry, curated by Elena Radovix. His work investigates the relation between body and matter in industrial production contexts: high intensity images, in which the workers’ presence – often without adequate protection – focus on fragility and exposure to risk. The screening of the short movie “They Can Hear Your Smile“ by Michael Jirinec (Czech Republic, 2024, 14′), winner of the “Job for the future 2025” JFD -Turin Chamber of Commerce best short film award, brings the same question within the dimension of contemporary work, made of polished surfaces and silent control. A film set will be prepared with croma-key where the participants may leave their own testimony on labor. The testimonies recorded throughout the evening will be used to compose the structure of an episode of the Adhoc Voice podcast. The evening will feature Elena Radovix, Enrico Maria Fabbri, founder of Officina Adhoc, […]
For the seventh edition of the Job Film Days festival (Turin, October 6 – 11, 2026), the call for entries for the “Lavoro 2026” International Film Award – organized in collaboration with INAIL Piemonte – is now open on the FilmFreeway platform (www.filmfreeway.com). The Award is open to documentaries and feature-length fiction films produced in Italy or abroad on the theme of work. The best documentaries and feature-length fiction films that explore one or more aspects of the world of work will be honored. Examples include: occupational health and safety, protections and rights, emerging risks, employment issues, new professions, sel-employment, women’s work, child labor, migrant labor, artisanal work, domestic work, prison labor, aging in the workforce, employment integration of people with disabilities, and the professional and social reintegration (including through sports) of people who have suffered work-related injuries or occupational diseases, etc. The deadline for submitting entries is July 20, 2026. Download the “Work 2026” call for entries here.
For the seventh edition of the Job Film Days Festival (October 6–11, 2026), the call for entries is now open on the FilmFreeway platform (www.filmfreeway.com) for the “Job for the Future 2026” Film Award, organized in collaboration with the Turin Chamber of Commerce, reserved for short films produced in the European Union and directed by filmmakers under the age of 40. Awards will be given to the best short films (fiction, documentary, animation, journalistic video reports, and mobile journalism works) that address emerging jobs and the challenges of contemporary work, including technological change, environmental transition, and transformations in society and lifestyle choices. The deadline for submitting entries is July 15th, 2026. Download the “Job for the Future 2026” call for entries here.
Job Film Days will once again take part in the Turin International Book Fair this year with two events organized in collaboration with Inail Piemonte and the Turin Order of Labor Consultants, on Sunday, May 17th, 2026. At 3.30 P.M., at the INPS-INAIL Space (Stand X118, Oval Pavillion), there will be an encounter with Paola Fassone, Inail Piemonte, and Job Film Days contributors Stefania Collina, freelance journalist, and Giuseppe Gariazzo, cinema critic, on the theme “How can cinema portray labour and workplace accidents, and communicate the value of prevention“. The international award for long-feature films will also be discussed, supported by Inail Piemonte, which each year presents a quality selection of work cinema’s new trends. At 5:00 PM, at the Spazio Consulenti del Lavoro in the Oval Outdoor Area, Piazzale 3, PZ3 01, a meeting will be held on the experience and outlook of the Job Film Days scriptwriting workshop “Dall’idea al soggetto” (From Idea to Scriptment), which reaches its fifth edition in 2026. Speakers at the meeting will include Stefania Collina, Matteo Bellizzi, director and workshop tutor, Giacomo Mosca (winner of the 2025 writing workshop best scriptment award), Riccardo Berca and Rocco Zaupa, 2025 (second place winners of 2025). […]
Job Film Days alongside with the Municipality of Chieri, Associazione XFare and ANPI Chieri, organizes the “Costituzione e Lavoro” review, at Cinema Splendor in Chieri (To), Via XX Settembre 6. The program features two evenings dedicated to film and social dialogue, where are invited as guests Cgil, Cisl, and Uil. The first evening, Tuesday, May 5th, at 8.30 P.M., will be screened the movie “La classe (operaia) non è acqua” by Annalisa Lantermo and Bruno Ugioli. Using scenes taken from 70’s movies signed by famous directors (Elio Petri, Ettore Scola, Ugo Gregoretti and many others) and, in 2015, from the Turin-based worker and director Pietro Perotti together with Pier Milanese, the movie recounts the most significant moments which brought to the endorsement of the 1970 Workers’ Statue. Elda Gastaldi, ANPI Chieri’s president, Paola Chiesa, Associazione XFare, Francesco Candido, former head of FP CGIL for the Metropolitan City of Turi, will attend the event. The second evening, on Tuesday, May 12, once again at 8:30 PM, will feature How to Talk to Lydia? by Rusudan Gaprindashvili, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the latest edition of Job Film Days. The film explores modern working conditions inside a massive German logistics hub, […]
In the context of the “Uscite di sicurezza 2026” project, sponsored by the City of Turin and managed by Ismel and Cooperativa Motiva, Job Film Days organizes the storytelling and audiovisual narration “Smart Safe: la sicurezza per me!“, addressed to young people aged 15-25. The workshop will take place at La Baraca polyfunctional center, via Rapallo 20, in the center of Turin’s district 1, from April 29th to June 10th, with five meetings directed by Elena Beatrice and Daniele Lince, field specialists. The aim is to offer the theoretical and practical tools to be capable of using audiovisual means and at the same time to prompt reflection on labour health and safety, stimulating ideas and stories in those who participate that can draw inspiration from their daily life and from the theme we’re facing this year, the so-called “psychosocial” risks: work-related stress, mobbing, violence and harassment. Admission is free and will be followed by a moment of final debriefing with a screening produced during the next edition of Job Film Days festival. Applications must be submitted by April 23rd, 2026, writing to info@jobfilmdays.org. Download the flyer
The writing workshop “From idea to Scriptment” returns this year with the fifth editionof Job Film Days: an encounter with writing for cinema on labor themes organized by Job Film Days ETS in collaboration with Associazione Videocommunity. Three days of encounters and debates in Turin (May 9th, May 30th, June 13th), during which film industry experts and representatives from labour organizations will direct the participants in the writing process of a scriptment to send at the Job Film Days’ Festival Contests section, within August 31st. During the Festival, awards will be presented to the best screenplays and story treatments, made possible by the support of the Turin Order of Labor Consultants and Aurora Penne. Registration and participation are free of charge. Applications must be submitted by April 24, 2026. Download the call for applications and the full program. You can submit your application by filling out the online FORM.
On the night of March 15th and 16th, the 2026 Academy Awards were presented, and the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature went to David Borenstein‘s Mr. Nobody Against Putin. Last October, the film won the Best Feature Film Award in the “Lavoro 2025” JFD-INAIL Piemonte competition at the 6th edition of the Job Film Days festival (September 30 – October 5, 2025). Produced using secretly-recorded footage with a great risk for personal safety, the film won over the festival jury with the strength of its story and its ability to face themes of major social importance with clarity and courage. Job Film Days expresses great satisfaction with this achievement, which once again testifies the festival’s role as a space of discovery and valorization of high-profile cinematic works capable of stimulating debate and reflection on themes such as work and rights, offering a profound insight into contemporary reality.
Once again this year Job Film Days participated in the “Work week” organized by Ismel at Polo del ‘900, from March 16th to 20th, 2026. On Wednesday, March 18th, at 8.30 P.M., Polo del ‘900’s Auditorium in Piazzetta Franco Antonicelli, will host the screening of the movie The store by Ami-Ro Sköld (Sweden, Italy, 2022, 120′). The Swedish director and screenwriter produced an investigative drama which faces the problematic conditions of European precarious workers of the tertiary sector, using an original alternance of live section and stop motion, it plunges us into a dystopian future marked by extreme inequalities, where the logic of profit deeply and painfully impacts even personal relationships. The movie will be presented by Annalisa Lantermo, Job Film Days director. Free entry. To attend, please reserve your seat using the following form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSft1fVXCAy-8jDsxLfVcyLjj5kjG89ACFkk60kchouyHEk4sg/viewform
The compelling collaboration between Job Film Days and Associazione Ratoj of Saluzzo continues with the screening of the Grand Jury Prize winner from the 2025 “Lavoro 2025” JFD-INAIL Piemonte International Film Award: How to Talk to Lydia? by Rusudan Gaprindashvili. The screening will take place on Monday, March 2nd, at 9 P.M., at Cinema Teatro Magda Oliviero in Saluzzo, a major cinematic and cultural hub in the area. Having made its world premiere at the festival, the film highlights the interaction between humanity and AI as it takes shape in the contemporary neoliberal capitalism, telling a story of economic migration in which the worker is forced “to wear” artificial intelligence becoming its support and physical extension. A matter of contemporary relevance, also due to the impact on workplace health and safety issues, which the film tackles with clarity and cinematic power. The evening will be presented by Beatrice Bertino, LunedìCinema from Associazione Ratatoj representative, and Annalisa Lantermo, Job Film Days Festival director. Ticketed event.
The feature film “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”, winner of the Best Film award at the “Lavoro 2025” JFD – INAIL Piemonte International Film Festival during the sixth edition of the Job Film Days festival (Turin, September 30 – October 5, 2025), has been officially nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary category. The film, which won over the festival jury with the power of its narrative and its ability to address issues of great social and civic relevance with clarity and courage, thus continues its international journey, with the chance to win the most prestigious award in world cinema in its category. The award presented at Job Film Days sought to highlight a work capable of exploring the relationship between the individual, work, responsibility, and power, offering a profound and timely perspective on contemporary reality. The Oscar nomination represents a significant milestone that confirms the film’s artistic and cultural value and reinforces its global impact. Job Film Days expresses great satisfaction with this result, which once again attests to the festival’s role as a platform for discovering and promoting high-profile cinematic works capable of stimulating reflection and debate on the themes of work and rights.
Mamma Roma (Italy, 1962, 106′) Sunday, October 11, 10:00 a.m., Cinema Centrale Arthouse, Via Carlo Alberto 27 In collaboration with the Cineteca Nazionale. Admission: Free. International title: Mamma Roma Original title: Mamma Roma Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Screenplay: Pier Paolo Pasolini in collaboration with Sergio Citti Photography: Tonino Delli Colli Edit: Nino Baragli Music: Antonio Vivaldi directed by Carlo Rustichelli Cast: Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofalo, Franco Citti, Silvana Corsini, Luisa Loiano, Paolo Volponi Production: Arco Film Distribution: Cineriz Mamma Roma is a prostitute from Rome who wants to change her life. When Carmine, her panderer, gets married, he decides to free her. The woman seizes the opportunity to close with her past, she takes back her son Ettore, who lived Guidonia and, with her savings, sets up a stand where she sells fruits and vegetables and moves in an apartment in the periphery of Rome with Ettore. She devotes all her energy to ensuring her son – unaware of his mother’s past – can redeem himself from his subproletariat condition and so he can find a respectable job. But that past is destined to return, and Ettore to spiral into an everyday existence that will lead him to his demise. […]
Sissignore (Italy, 1968, 105′) Saturday, October 10, 10:00 a.m., Cinema Centrale Arthouse, Via Carlo Alberto 27 In collaboration with the Cineteca Nazionale. Admission: Free. International title: Sissignore Original title: Sissignore Director: Ugo Tognazzi Screenplay: Tonino Guerra, Ugo Tognazzi, Luigi Malerba Photography: Giuseppe Ruzzolini Edit: Marcello Malvestito Musica: Berto Pisano Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Maria Grazia Buccella, Franco Fabrizi Production: Fair Film Distribution: Euro International Films Oscar, driver of a well-known and powerful industrialist known to all as “the lawyer”, is so subservient to his superior that he accepts to spend three years in jail, taking responsibility for a tragic car accident, promising that his life is going to change when he gets out of there. Instead, it would be only the beginning of a series of personal and work humiliations to which Oscar will have to surrender every time, trapped in a fictional world that regenerates itself. From the beginning, Tognazzi (in his masterfully directed third film) opts for an anti-realist choice describing corrupted industrialists and subdued employees. This masterpiece, released in 1968, at the peak of the protest, takes the shape of ruthless, cruel and bitter comedy on the power structure that preys upon the working class, and […]
Saturday 10 October, 7 pm, Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 In collaboration with Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Fondazione Teatro Piemonte Europa. On Saturday 10 October at 7 pm at Cinema Massimo, Room 3, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Fondazione Teatro Piemonte Europa, presents Prima che la notte, starring Fabrizio Gifuni. Made for television and directed by Daniele Vicari, the film features Gifuni as the Sicilian journalist Giuseppe Fava, murdered by Cosa Nostra in 1984. A unique opportunity to see one of the Rome-born actor’s most powerful performances on the big screen. The film is introduced by Fabrizio Gifuni. Admission: tickets required. Prima che la notte (Italy, 2018, 120′) International title: Prima che la notte Original title: Prima che la notte Director: Daniele Vicari Screenplay: Daniele Vicari, Claudio Fava, Michele Gambino, Monica Zapelli Photography: Luciano Federici, Gherardo Gossi Edit: Benni Atria Music: Theo Teardo Cast: Fabrizio Gifuni, Dario Aita, Selene Caramazza, Aurora Quattrocchi, Lorenza Indovina Production: Italian International Film In 1980, Giuseppe Fava decided to return to Catania to found the newspaper Giornale del Mezzogiorno, after reaching major achievements in the field cinema, television, radio and theater. Around this endeavor, he […]
Masterclass with Fabrizio Gifuni Saturday, October 10, 5:00 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Theater 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi 18 In collaboration with Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Fondazione Teatro Piemonte Europa. On Saturday 10 October at 5 p.m. at Cinema Massimo, Theatre 3, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Museo Nazionale del Cinema and Fondazione Teatro Piemonte Europa, presents a masterclass with Fabrizio Gifuni. This event explores the actor’s craft from the exceptional perspective of a major figure in Italian cinema, theatre and television who has received the most prestigious awards over a career spanning more than thirty years. Welcome remarks by Elena Ormezzano (Fondazione Teatro Piemonte Europa). The masterclass is led by Grazia Paganelli (Museo Nazionale del Cinema). Admission: free with reservation by emailing: programmazione@museocinema.it.
Citizen of a kind (South Korea, 2024, 114′) Italian subtitles / English subtitles Saturday, October 10, 9:15 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Theater 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 International title: Citizen of a Kind Original title: Simin Deok-hee Director, screenplay: Park Young-ju Photography: Lee Hyung-bin Editing: Kim Sun-min Music: Hwang Sang-jun Sound: Park Yong-ki Cast: Ra Mi-ran, Gong Myeong, Yeom Hye-ran, Park Byung-eun Production: Baek Chang-ju, Chung Jae-yun Distribution: Showbox After losing her laundromat to a fire, Deok-hee goes to a bank seeking a loan. Her attempts are in vain until she receives a call from an employee of that same bank who presents a generous limited-time offer: Deok-hee accepts, unaware that she has fallen victim to a voice-phishing scam. Desperate and left completely penniless, she turns to the police, but she finds herself homeless with her children. Until one day, she receives a new and unexpected call from the same hustler, Jae-min, who is himself trapped by the criminal organization he worked for. Without hesitation, Deok-hee takes a flight with her colleagues to Qingdao to save Jae-min and recover her money. Park Young-ju. Born in 1985, after studying direction at Korea National University of Arts, she was invited, in 2016, to […]
Halo (South Korea, 2025, 106′) Italian subtitles / English subtitles Wednesday, October 7, 3:00 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Theater 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi 18 International title: Halo Original title: Hugwang Director: Roh Young-wan Screenplay: Roh Young-wan, Kim Eun-na Photography: Kim Jae-hong Edit: Yi Seung-hyun Sound: Lee Kyu-ha Cast: Choi Gang-hyun, Moon Seong-whan, Maeng Joo-one, Kim Han, Lee Jae-yong Production: Kim Eun-na Distribution: Helicon Studio Co., Ltd. Twenty-seven-year-old Min-joon transports packages climbing endless stairs every day, facing a world consumed by constant anxiety: missile alarms, pollution, news from a pre-apocalyptic world. Exhausted and alone, he collapses exhausted inside his van, just as dawn arrives. Family life is no better: alcoholic parents, a scared disabled brother and the weight of constant life discomfort, which contrasts violently with his dream to become a filmmaker. Just as Min-joon’s life seems close to a breaking point, a mysterious astrologist appears on the street and tells him: «Trust me and follow your halo». It looks like a little flame of hope, which the young man clings to trying to make a fresh start and put his life back on track. Roh Young-wan. Born in Busam in 1989, Roh Young-wan studied acting at university and spent a decade […]
Because I hate Korea (South Korea, 2023, 106′) Italian subtitles / English subtitles Tuesday, October 6, 5:00 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Theater 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi 18 Italian premiere International title: Because I Hate Korea Original title: Han-guk-i silh-eo-seo Director, screenplay: Jang Kun-jae Photography: Na Hui-seok Editing: Lee Yeon-jung Music: Gwon Hyunjung Cast: Ko Ah-sung, Kim Woo-kyum, Joo Jong-hyuk, Oh Min-ae, Lee Sang-hee Production: Youn Hee-young Distribution: Showbox Gye-na, approaching her thirties, has stable employment and a boyfriend, Ji-myoung. However, neither satisfies her, caught between unethical duties and family issues underlining the social divide, Gye-na faces constant uncertainty, confusion, and anxiety in a country that offers her no love. Tired of fighting against personal relationships and life challenges, even though everyone tried to dissuade her, Gye-na leaves everything behind her and runs to New Zealand. Finding the courage to begin anew, she makes new friends and a glimmer of happiness. Based on the novel of the same name by Chang Kang-myoung. Jang Kun-jae. Born in 1977, he graduated from the Korean Academy of Film Arts. After venturing himself in acting and photography direction, he became a director of a few short films. His long feature film debut arrived with Eighteen (2009), […]
Permit (Poland, 2025, 81′) Italian subtitles Thursday 1 October, 9 p.m., Cinema Teatro Monterosa, via Brandizzo, 65 Job Film Days 2026 pre-opening event, in collaboration with Cinema Teatro Monterosa. On Thursday 1 October at 9 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Cinema Teatro Monterosa, presents Permit, the feature debut of Polish director Robert Kwilman. The film tells a story of exploitation and the denial of rights that gives rise to solidarity among the exploited and an act of rebellion. The screening will be preceded by welcome remarks from representatives of Districts 1 and 6 of the City of Turin. With Giulia Venco (project manager for the reception of unaccompanied foreign minors, Salesian network in Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta) and Monira Najibzada (project coordinator for youth centres, Associazione Giovanile Salesiana). Admission: tickets required. Italian premiere International title: Permit Original title: Capo Director: Robert Kwilman Screenplay: Malwina Górecka, Kirk Kjeldsen, Robert Kwilman Photography: Kasper Lorek Edit: Chiang Ming-wei Sound: Aleksandra Landsmann, Daniel Adamczyk, Mikołaj Tyrakowski Cast: Daniel Vasquez, Beatriz Blanco, Aleksandra Herrera, Josiana Costales, Ivan Sharan Production: Nonoto Film Cooperative Adrián is a young Colombian who lives and works in Lipowice. He is tasked with bringing South American workers to Poland, […]
Job Film Days 2026 Opening Night La guerre des prix (France, 2026, 96′) Italian premiere Tuesday 6 October, 8.30 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 1, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 The seventh edition of Job Film Days opens on Tuesday 6 October at 8.30 p.m. at Cinema Massimo. Following welcome remarks from the authorities, the evening continues with a reading by actress Manuela Massarenti and a screening of the opening film, La guerre des prix by Anthony Dechaux (France, 2026, 96′). Presented in its Italian premiere, the film follows Audrey, who has built her career promoting organic dairy products from small local businesses. As a purchasing manager for a major retail chain, she finds herself confronted with a system driven by profit that threatens her ideals of sustainability. A thriller about work and economic power, featuring Olivier Gourmet. The evening is hosted by Stefania Rosso (actress). Admission: free, subject to seat availability. To make a reservation, send an email to: info@jobfilmdays.org International title: La guerre de prix Original title: La guerre de prix Director: Anthony Dechaux Photography: Pierre Dejon Music: Benjamin Grossman Edit: Cécile Staes-Lacommère Cast: Ana Girardot, Olivier Gourmet, Julien Frison, Jonas Bloquet, Aurélia Petit Production: Les Filme de Jeanne, La […]
Learning with tv – Work Film restoration Tuesday 6 October, 10 a.m., Palazzo della radio-Mediateca Rai, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 31 In collaboration with Rai Teche. On Tuesday 6 October at 10 a.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Rai Teche, organises an educational session primarily aimed at upper-secondary and vocational school students, focusing on the restoration of film materials from the RAI Archive. Carlo Conversano, from Rai Teche’s Media Digitisation and Preservation department, will explain the approach and methods behind the complex but fascinating work that Rai Teche has been carrying out for several years to ensure the transmission, accessibility and long-term preservation of the Rai Archive, one of the largest and most diverse in the world. The session will explore the techniques, tools and interventions involved, as well as the ethical choices faced by restorers. The session is led by Carlo Conversano (specialist in Media Digitisation and Preservation at Rai Teche). Admission: restricted to schools.
Crescendo – Storie in formazione (Italy, 2026, 38′) Tuesday 6 October, 10.30 a.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 1, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 In collaboration with Cnos-Fap Piemonte. On Tuesday 6 October at 10.30 a.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Cnos-Fap Piemonte, presents the world premiere of Crescendo – Storie in formazione (Italy, 2026, 38′), Matteo Bellizzi‘s new film about Salesian vocational training centres, which have supported young people’s development for more than 150 years. The film tells the story of this daily work, built on relationships between students and educators, Salesians and laypeople, families and communities. The director introduces the film, followed by a Q&A. Speakers: Father Giorgio Degiorgi (President, Cnos-Fap Piemonte), Matteo Faggioni (President, Forma Piemonte), Giovanni Bocchieri (Director of Education and the Right to University Education, Training and Employment, Regione Piemonte). Moderated by Giuseppe Puonzo (Head of Social Communications, Cnos-Fap Piemonte). Admission: by invitation. Worldwide premiere International title: CRESCENDO – Storie in formazione Director: Matteo Bellizzi Photography: Matteo Bellizzi Edit: Matteo Bellizzi Sound: Marco Montano Production: CNOS-FAP Piemonte Salesian vocational training centers have been supporting young people’s worth for over 150 years. From Don Bosco’s vision to the present day, the world has profoundly changed, but the spirit […]
Tribute to Frederick Wiseman Hospital (United States, 1970, 84′) Italian subtitles Wednesday 7 October, 9 p.m., Cinema Fratelli Marx, Groucho Screen, Corso Belgio, 53 In collaboration with Filmmaker Festival. On Wednesday 7 October at 9 p.m. at Cinema Fratelli Marx, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Filmmaker Festival, presents Hospital by Frederick Wiseman. Filmed inside Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York’s largest hospital, the film follows medical staff through their daily activities, as well as patients from different social backgrounds. Hospital is one of the early works of the great documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, who died on 16 February 2026. Introduction by Luca Mosso (Director, Filmmaker Festival). Admission: tickets required. International title: Hospital Original title: Hospital Director, edit: Frederick Wiseman Photography: William Brayne Sound: Dick Vorisek Production: Osti Films Hospital is one of the first movies by Frederick Wiseman, documentary cinema giant to whom Job Film Days pays homage, honoring him a few months after his passing. Filmed inside the Metropolitan Hospital Center, the largest hospital in New York, the movie follows the medical staff in the various daily activities alongside patients from diverse social backgrounds, the majority of whom are poor and marginalized. With his unique listening and observing style, […]
Umani, macchine e il futuro del lavoro Wednesday 7 October, 5 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 In collaboration with Ires Piemonte. On Wednesday 7 October at 5 p.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Ires Piemonte, presents the short films Welcome to Set by Cyan Bae (Netherlands, 2026, 15′), No Mean City by Ross McClean (United Kingdom, United States, 2025, 14′) and We Were Here by Pranav Bhasin (India, 2026, 11′). Among the major transformations of our time, artificial intelligence technologies are also reshaping work: new opportunities, new risks and new questions. Taking this selection of short films as a starting point, experts discuss AI’s impact on organisations and employment, with a view to its human-centred application. Followed by a discussion with Alessandro Ciro Sciretti (President, IRES Piemonte), Francesco Ronchi (President and Chief Technology Officer, Synesthesia), Gregorio Buzzelli (Politecnico di Torino). Moderated by Giorgio Vernoni (researcher, IRES Piemonte). Admission: free. Welcome to set (Netherlands, 2026, 15′) Italian subtitles International title: Welcome to Set Original title: Welcome to Set Director, Screenplay, graphic design: Cyan Bae Photography: Cristina Lavosi, Hattie Wade Music, edit: Sergio González Cuervo Color grading: Mayis Rukel Cast: Inés Dominguez […]
Learning with tv – Work Set design Wednesday 7 October, 10 a.m., Palazzo della radio-Mediateca Rai, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 31 In collaboration with Rai Teche. On Wednesday 7 October at 10 a.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Rai Teche, organises an educational session primarily aimed at upper-secondary and vocational school students, exploring the work of the set designer. Maurizio Zecchin, a Rai set designer with thirty years of experience who has designed sets for numerous programmes broadcast on Rai channels and for several television dramas, will explain how a set is conceived and takes shape, from the initial idea through to construction and broadcast. The session traces the stages of the process: analysing the programme concept or screenplay, working with the director and production team, developing initial sketches, technical design, choosing materials, construction and assembly, and finally adapting the set to filming requirements, lighting and video content. Examples will illustrate the differences between two fields: in television programmes, set design must create a recognisable visual identity while meeting the needs of the studio, cameras and lighting; in drama, settings help define the story, period and characters’ identities. The session is led by Maurizio Zecchin (Rai set designer). Admission: bookings […]
American Doctor (Malaysia, Palestine, United States, Qatar, Denmark, 2026, 93’) Italian subtitles Wednesday 7 October, 6.30 p.m., Cinema Romano, Screen 1, Galleria Subalpina, Piazza Castello, 9 In collaboration with Ordine Medici Chirurghi e Odontoiatri della provincia di Torino. On Wednesday 7 October at 6.30 p.m. at Cinema Romano, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Ordine Medici Chirurghi e Odontoiatri della provincia di Torino, presents American Doctor by Poh Si Teng. Through the experiences of three doctors of Palestinian, Jewish and Pakistani backgrounds, the film reflects on the meaning of care in wartime and the relationship between medicine and politics. From the wards of a Gaza hospital to the corridors of American political power, American Doctor shows how the medical profession can also become a means of bearing witness and, once back home, continuing to defend patients and colleagues. Followed by a discussion with Manuela Crucitti (anaesthetist, Médecins Sans Frontières), Paolo Narcisi (anaesthetist, Rainbow for Africa) and Elena Giovannella (anaesthetist, Emergency), joining remotely. Moderated by Chiara Rivetti (Vice-President, Ordine dei Medici di Torino). Admission: tickets required. International Title: American Doctor Original Title: American Doctor Directed by: Poh Si Teng Cinematography: Ibrahim Al-Otla, Chris Renteria Editing: Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Christopher White Music: Suad […]
She (Italy, France, Vietnam, 2025, 75′) Italian subtitles Wednesday 7 October, 10 a.m., Politecnico di Torino, Great Hall, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 In collaboration with CGIL – CISL – UIL Torino and Politecnico di Torino. On Wednesday 7 October at 10 a.m. at Politecnico di Torino, Job Film Days, in collaboration with CGIL-CISL-UIL Torino and Politecnico di Torino, presents She by Parsifal Reparato, who returns to the Festival after presenting Nimble Fingers in 2020. This new work once again focuses on working conditions in Vietnam, through a factory in one of the world’s largest electronics industrial parks. Eighty thousand people work there, 80% of them women, subjected to twelve-hour shifts, exploitation and pervasive surveillance. Combining documentary and reconstruction, the film portrays the lives of these women workers through a chorus of images and voices, also conveying their ability to keep looking towards the future with hope. Welcome remarks by Tania Cerquitelli (Politecnico di Torino). Followed by a discussion with Emma Ferulano (the film’s screenwriter), Francesca Re David (National Secretary, Cgil), Alessandra Colombelli (Politecnico di Torino, Chair of the Equal Opportunities, Wellbeing and Non-Discrimination Committee), Tatiana Mazali (Politecnico di Torino, Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning), Silvia […]
What Comes from Sitting in Silence? (France, United States, South Korea, Switzerland, 2026, 77’) Italian subtitles Thursday 8 October, 6.30 p.m., Cinema Romano, Screen 1, Galleria Subalpina, Piazza Castello, 9 In collaboration with Ordine degli Avvocati di Torino and Magistratura democratica. On Thursday 8 October at 6.30 p.m. at Cinema Romano, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Ordine degli Avvocati di Torino and Magistratura democratica, presents the Italian premiere of What Comes from Sitting in Silence?by Sophie Schrago. In Mumbai, Judge Khatoon has established a women’s Islamic court to offer women a space in which to report the violence they have suffered and seek justice, challenging conservative social structures. The film’s political dimension particularly impressed the jury at the 2026 Visions du Réel festival in Nyon, which awarded it the National Competition Jury Prize with the following citation: “The film addresses a difficult reality with extraordinary empathy for its courageous protagonists, who strive to preserve their personal integrity.2 The director introduces the film, followed by a Q&A. Speakers: Cesarina Manassero (lawyer and Chair of the Equal Opportunities Committee, Ordine Avvocati Torino), Dafne Koumentakis (Council Member, Ordine Avvocati Torino), Giulia Locati (judge, Turin Court of Appeal). Admission: tickets required. International Title: […]
Kevine et Fortune (Switzerland, 2025, 62′) Italian premiere Thursday 8 October, 10 a.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 In collaboration with ACLI Torino and Enaip Piemonte. On Thursday 8 October at 10 a.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Enaip Piemonte and ACLI Torino, presents the Italian premiere of Kevine et Fortune by Sarah Imsand. Through the story of two young Cameroonian women footballers, the film explores the difficulties of professionalising women’s sport and the desire to turn a passion into a job. Amid training sessions, insecurity and obstacles, Kevine and Fortune pursue their dream of playing in Europe and for Cameroon’s national team, in a context where making football a profession remains a challenge for women. Welcome remarks by Roberta Mastromauro and Carlo Emilio Zummo (Provincial Executive, Acli Torino), Matteo Faggioni (Director General, Enaip Piemonte; President, Forma). Followed by a conversation with Pamela Gueli (captain of the Moncalieri Calcio women’s team), interviewed by Stefania Collina (journalist and teacher). Admission: screening reserved for Enaip Piemonte students. International title: Kevin and Fortune Original title: Kevin et Fortune Director, screenplay: Sarah Imsand Photography: Sylvain Marco Froidevaux Edit: Olivia Frey, Romain Namura Music: Frank Williams, […]
Cuba & Alaska (Ukraine, Belgium, France, 2025, 93′) Italian subtitles Thursday 8 October, 9 p.m., Cinema Fratelli Marx, Groucho Screen, Corso Belgio, 53 In collaboration with Ordine dei tecnici sanitari di radiologia medica (TSRM) e delle professioni sanitarie tecniche, della riabilitazione e della prevenzione (PSTRP) Torino, Aosta, Alessandria e Asti. On Thursday 8 October at 9 p.m. at Cinema Fratelli Marx, Groucho Screen, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Ordine dei tecnici sanitari di radiologia medica (TSRM) e delle professioni sanitarie tecniche, della riabilitazione e della prevenzione (PSTRP) Torino, Aosta, Alessandria e Asti, presents Cuba & Alaska by Yegor Troyanovski. The film tells the story of two young Ukrainian paramedics, Yuliia “Cuba” and Oleksandra “Alaska”, who spend each day helping the wounded along the front line of the war in Ukraine. At the heart of the story is not only the brutality of the conflict, but above all the deep bond between the two women, built on companionship, courage and mutual support. As the director has explained, his aim was less to depict the action of war than to offer “a portrait of friendship in wartime”. Followed by a discussion with Giuseppe Smeraldi (President, Ordine TSRM e PSTRP) and Salvo […]
The Roots of Madness (Switzerland, 2026, 107′) Italian subtitles / English subtitles Thursday 8 October, 9 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 In collaboration with Ordine dei Giornalisti del Piemonte. On Thursday 8 October at 9 p.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Ordine dei Giornalisti del Piemonte, presents the Italian premiere of The Roots of Madness by Edgar Hagen. After forty years reporting on conflicts in the Middle East, journalist Ulrich Tilgner returns to the places he covered as a correspondent, accompanied by Edgar Hagen’s camera. Through encounters with old friends and contacts and a vast archive of images, the film brings the past reported by the journalist into dialogue with the consequences those wars have left in the present. A journey through the memory of war reporting and the work of those who have chosen to cover conflicts on the ground. The director introduces the film, followed by a Q&A. With Carla Piro Mander (journalist). Admission: tickets required. Italian premiere International title: The Roots of Madness Original title: The Roots of Madness Director: Edgar Hagen Screenplay: Edgar Hagen, Fanni Hatházi, Mark Daniels Photography: Börres Weiffenbach, Soran Khateri, Michael Hammon, Michael […]
The dignity of work Thursday 8 October, 2.30 p.m., Ordine dei Consulenti del Lavoro di Torino, Via Pietro Giannone, 10 In collaboration with Ordine dei Consulenti del Lavoro di Torino. On Thursday 8 October at 2.30 p.m., at the association’s headquarters, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Ordine dei Consulenti del Lavoro di Torino, presents three short films that explore work from unusual perspectives. Il quaderno di Tommaso by Marco Pellegrino (Italy, 2026, 20′), L’uomo a cui hanno rubato il cuore by Francesca Sepa and Riccardo Colleluori (Italy, 2026, 15′) and Overwork by Céline Berger (Germany, 2025, 10′) use different stories and cinematic approaches to explore the relationship between work, conscience, productivity and identity. From the discovery of civic responsibility to a critique of a system that measures people by their productivity, and the alienating repetition of everyday gestures, these three films invite us to view the world of work from unexpected angles. Followed by a discussion with Fabrizio Bontempo (President, Ordine Consulenti del Lavoro di Torino), Luca Furfaro (Secretary General, Fondazione Studi Consulenti del Lavoro di Torino), Stefania Vettorello (Council Member, Ordine Consulenti del Lavoro di Torino). Admission: by invitation. Tommaso’s Notebook (Italy, 2026, 20′) International title: Tommaso’s Notebook […]
Scarecrows (Latvia, Lithuania, 2025, 90′) Italian subtitles Thursday 8 October, 2.30 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 In collaboration with CGIL – CISL – UIL Torino. On Thursday 8 October at 2.30 p.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Job Film Days, in collaboration with CGIL-CISL-UIL Torino, presents the Italian premiere of Scarecrows by Laila Pakalnina. Filmed over four seasons, the documentary goes behind the scenes at Riga Airport, following the teams responsible for monitoring animals on the runways and preventing accidents and collisions. This little-known job, which demands constant attention and allows no breaks, is portrayed through the ironic and distinctive gaze of one of Latvia’s leading filmmakers. Followed by a discussion with Salvatore Giallombardo (Secretary, FIT-CISL Piemonte). Admission: by invitation. A limited number of tickets are available to the public. Italian premiere International title: Scarecrows Original title: Putnubiedekli Director, screenplay: Laila Pakalnina Photography: Maris Maskalans Edit: Ieva Veiveryté Music: Paulius Kilbauskas, Vygintas Kisecicius Sound: Jonas Maksvytis Production: Moonmakers, VFS Films Shot across four seasons, the latest movie by Laila Pakalnina, one of the leading filmmakers in Latvia and Baltic countries – Italian premiere at the festival – takes us to discover a hidden side of an […]
School at work Friday 9 October, 10 a.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 In collaboration with Centro Provinciale di Istruzione per Adulti (CPIA2), Primo Liceo Artistico, Engim Artigianelli, Centro polifunzionale Baraca, Aiace Torino and CSC-Archivio Nazionale Cinema Impresa. On Friday 9 October at 10 a.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Job Film Days devotes a morning to exploring work through the world of education, with screenings of short films and a feature-length film. The programme opens with Cosa faremo da grandi by Davide Tosco (Italy, 2026, 15′), made with a class from Tommaseo Primary School in Turin. The film was produced by Aiace Torino as part of the Cinema e Immagini per la Scuola initiative, supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Merit, with CSC-Archivio Nazionale Cinema Impresa, also in collaboration with the International Training Centre of the United Nations’ International Labour Organization and Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Torino. This is followed by short films made as part of the “Uscite di sicurezza” project, supported by the City of Turin: Chiunque lo sapeva (Primo Liceo Artistico Torino, 6′), Storie che camminano (CPIA 2 “Piero Angela”, 13′), Il caso è chiuso (Centro polifunzionale […]
Le journal d’une femme de chambre (Romania, France, 2026, 94′) Italian subtitles Friday 9 October, 9 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 On Friday 9 October at 9 p.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Job Film Days presents the Italian premiere of Le journal d’une femme de chambre by Radu Jude, screened at the Directors’ Fortnight at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. In this film by one of contemporary European cinema’s most brilliant and radical directors, the work of Gianina, a young Romanian woman employed as a domestic worker by a bourgeois family in Bordeaux, and the role she is preparing for the stage begin to mirror one another. Alongside lead actress Ana Dumitrașcu, the cast includes Vincent Macaigne as her employer Pierre Donnadieu, and Mélanie Thierry. With corrosive irony and black humour, Jude lays bare invisible labour, class relations, immigration and the contradictions of a bourgeoisie that is progressive only on the surface. A social satire that turns everyday life into an uncomfortable mirror for the viewer. The film is introduced by Roberto Manassero (film critic). Admission: tickets required. International title: Diary of a Chambermaid Original title: Le journal d’une femme de chambre Director, screenplay: Radu […]
The keepers of cinema. The transformation of cinema work between memory and future Friday 9 October, 2.30 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 In collaboration with Agis Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta. On Friday 9 October at 2.30 p.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Agis Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta, presents the discussion The Keepers of Cinema. The Transformation of Cinema Work Between Memory and the Future. Over the past thirty years, cinemas have undergone profound change. This event offers an opportunity to retrace the sector’s evolution over those decades before going behind the scenes through the voices of its protagonists. Through anecdotes and recollections, the spotlight falls on often invisible professions, revealing how cinema work has evolved and the new professional and creative opportunities now open to younger generations. Introductions by Gimmi Basilotta (President, AGIS Piemonte Valle d’Aosta) and Marta Valsania (Director General, AGIS Piemonte Valle d’Aosta). Followed by a discussion with Bruno Surace (Università di Torino, PhD in Semiotics and Media), Paola Fumagalli (cinema exhibitor and Head of Human Resources, Arcadia Cinema circuit), Sergio Geninatti (Cinema Manager, Cinema Massimo in Turin). Admission: free.
Il filo della storia (Italy, 2026, 53′) Friday 9 October, 6.30 p.m., Cinema Romano, theatre 1, Galleria Subalpina, Piazza Castello, 9 In collaboration with CNA Torino. On Friday 9 October at 6.30 p.m. at Cinema Romano, theatre 1, Job Film Days, in collaboration with CNA Torino, presents Il filo della storia by Patrizia Di Blasi. In Coazze, in the Sangone Valley, the history of hemp reveals an entire world of work, from cultivation to weaving and the factories that shaped the area’s economic growth. Through the voice of master weaver Bruno Tessa, personal testimonies and archive material, the film reconstructs an agricultural and textile tradition. Yet memory also opens a perspective on the future: the film asks whether a hemp supply chain could be reintroduced to generate new products, jobs and more sustainable forms of economic activity. The director introduces the film, followed by a Q&A. Speakers: Bruno Tessa (master weaver and the film’s protagonist), Flavia Giai Miniet (weaver featured in the film), Anna Nepote Valentin (weaver, Museo Etnografico e Laboratorio dell’Arte tessile lanzese), Federica Baravalle (Secretary, Assocanapa), Tiziana Furegato (Mostra mercato artigianato tessile, Collegno), Giancarlo Carrisi (Heritage & Innovation textile arts project), Mioara Verman (President, CNA Federmoda Piemonte). Moderated […]
Job Film Days 2026 awards ceremony – Closing film Ulysse (France, 2026, 97′) Italian subtitles / English subtitles Sunday 11 October, 8 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 1, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 The closing night of the seventh edition of Job Film Days takes place on Sunday 11 October at 8 p.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 1. The evening includes the awards ceremony for the Festival’s competitive sections: the international competition for documentaries and fiction features exploring different aspects of the world of work, the “Lavoro 2026” JFD – INAIL Piemonte International Film Award; and the competition for short films made in the European Union by directors under 40, exploring emerging jobs and the challenges of contemporary work, the “Job for the Future 2026” JFD – Camera di commercio di Torino Award. Prizes will also be awarded to the best film treatments on the theme of work developed during the “Dall’idea al soggetto Job Film Days 2026” writing workshop. The awards are supported by Ordine dei Consulenti del Lavoro di Torino and Aurora Penne – Officina della scrittura. The audience will then be able to watch the closing film, Ulysse (France, 2026, 97′) by Laetitia Masson, presented in the Un Certain […]
Calle Cuba (Cuba, Chile, Mexico, 2026, 95′) Italian subtitles Sunday 11 October, 5 p.m., Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 18 In collaboration with Cinetrab and Festival de Cinema de Lima PUCP. On Sunday 11 October at 5 p.m. at Cinema Massimo, Screen 3, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Cinetrab and Festival de Cinema de Lima PUCP, presents Calle Cuba by Vanessa Batista, winner of the ILO-Cinetrab Award at the 2026 Festival de Cine de Lima. On Calle Cuba in Old Havana, four women from different generations reveal, through their lives, the fragility and resilience of a country in crisis. The documentary was recognised for its realistic and humane approach to the world of work through women’s experiences, making visible care work and other forms of labour that, although essential to everyday life, are not always recognised as such. Speakers include Ezio Valfrè Hernández (Consul General of Peru in Turin), Carmen Benitez (Cinetrab) and Elisabetta Vitali (ITCILO). Admission: tickets required. Italian premiere International title: A Street Named Cuba Original title: Calle Cuba Director: Vanessa Batista Screenplay: Vanessa Batista, Guillermo Barberà Photography: Guillermo Barberà Edit: Joanna Montero Sound: Damián Rubiera, Aldonza Contreras Castro Production: Claudia Olivera, Vanessa Batista, Ivonne Gutiérrez […]
Smart Working (Italy, 2026, 87′) Friday 25 September, 9 p.m., Cinema Teatro Agnelli, Via Paolo Sarpi, 111/A In collaboration with Cinema Teatro Agnelli. On Friday 25 September at 9 pm, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Cinema Teatro Agnelli, presents Smart Working by Svevo Moltrasio. The film explores the highly topical subject of working from home: an apparently ideal solution that risks becoming a problem. An ironic, contemporary comedy about the contradictions of remote work and the increasingly blurred boundary between work and private life. Featuring Maurizio Nichetti in the cast, the film was shot entirely in Turin, in areas including Borgo Dora, San Donato, Monte dei Cappuccini, Crocetta and Porta Palazzo. Followed by a Q&A with the director joining remotely. Admission: tickets available at the cinema box office. International title: Smart Working Original title: Smart Working Director, screenplay, edit: Svevo Moltrasio Photography: Agostino Vertucci Music: Fabio D’Onofrio Cast: Maccio Capatonda, Sara Lazzaro, Alessandro Tiberi, Giulia Bolatti, Maurizio Nichetti Distribution: Vision Distribution Remote work has improved Giuliano’s life, but his colleagues’ poor productivity threatens to force everyone back to the office. This happens exactly when he and his wife are waiting for their second child and are looking for a […]
Un velo di grigio sulle palpebre – Lo sguardo delle divine Tuesday 29 September, 4.30 p.m., Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7, Corso Casale, 212 In collaboration with Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7 and the Madonna del Pilone branch of Università della terza Età (Unitre). On Tuesday 29 September at 4.30 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7 and the Madonna del Pilone branch of Università della terza Età (Unitre), presents the theatre performance Un velo di grigio sulle palpebre – Lo sguardo delle divine. In this production by Associazione Liberipensatori Paul Valery, under the artistic direction of Stefania Rosso, four actresses journey through the lives of the “divas” of the silver screen. They choose to shift the focus beyond the icons themselves to those who inhabited, brushed against, built or suffered within that world, revealing the stories behind each legendary face. Admission: free. Based on an idea by Oliviero Corbetta with Stefania Rosso, Daniela Vassallo, Elena Canone, and Vanessa Lonardelli. “A Veil of Gray on the Eyelids” is a journey into and around the myth of cinema, to places where the spotlight never quite reaches. Four actresses trace the lives of the “divas” of the silver screen but […]
No Other Choice (South Korea, France, 2025, 139′) Italian subtitles Tuesday 29 September, 9 pm, Associazione culturale Comala, Corso Francesco Ferrucci, 65/a In collaboration with Associazione culturale Comala. On Tuesday 29 September at 9 pm, Job Film Days, in collaboration with Associazione Culturale Comala, presents No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook. The director of the “Vengeance Trilogy” (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance) turns the fear of losing one’s job into a ruthless black comedy about how far a man can go when he feels he has no alternatives left. Admission: free. International title: No Other Choice Original title: Eo-jjeol su-ga eop-da Director: Park Chan-wook Screenplay: Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jahye Lee Photography: Kim Woo-hyung Edit: Kim Ho-bin, Kim Sang-beom Music: Cho Young-wuk Cast: Lee Byung-hun, So Yul Choi, Lee Sung-min, Son Ye-jin, Yeom Hye-ran Production: CJ ENM Co., CJ Entertainment, Moho Film Distribution: Lucky Red You Man-su, an expert employee of paper company Solar Paper, where he has worked for twenty-five years, loses his job when a US company acquires it and lays off most of the staff. Until that moment, his life seemed perfect with a house, wife and two children. Now, everything has changed. […]
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (Denmark, Czech Republic, 2025, 90′) Wednesday 30 September, 4.30 p.m., Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7, Corso Casale, 212 In collaboration with Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7 and Università della terza Età (Unitre). On Wednesday 30 September at 4.30 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7 and Università della terza Età (Unitre) – new Festival partners – presents Mr. Nobody Against Putin by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin at Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7, Corso Casale 212. The film explores the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Pasha, a teacher and videomaker in a small Russian town who has been forced to film propaganda since the war began. At Job Film Days 2025, Mr. Nobody Against Putin won Best Film in the “Lavoro 2025” JFD – INAIL Piemonte international competition, as well as the Best Film award presented by the student jury from Università di Torino, Politecnico di Torino and Scuola Holden. In 2026, it won Best Documentary at the British Academy Film Awards and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Admission: free. International title: Mr. Nobody Against Putin Original title: Mr. Nobody Against Putin Director: David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin Screenplay: David Borenstein Photography: […]
Photography and Work. How the Lens Has Told the Stories of People, Factories and the City Training course organised by Ordine dei Giornalisti del Piemonte Thursday 1 October, 3–6 p.m., Urban Lab, Piazza Palazzo di Città, 8/b In collaboration with Ordine dei Giornalisti del Piemonte. On Thursday 1 October, from 3 to 6 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Ordine dei Giornalisti del Piemonte, presents the training course Photography and Work. How the Lens Has Told the Stories of People, Factories and the City at Urban Lab. Alongside video accounts, personal testimonies, newspaper reporting and workers’ leaflets, photographers’ lenses have chronicled the complex, profound relationship between the city and its identity as a centre of mechanical engineering and car manufacturing. Strikes, picket lines, marches, struggles and protests, the March of the Forty Thousand, but also building sites and assembly lines, familiar and unknown faces, large factories and small workshops, social clubs and leisure: the news images of great photojournalists have created an invaluable archive of living material documenting sixty years of working life in Turin. They chart its journey from the factory city shaped by migration, through a retreat from collective political engagement, to its difficult transformation towards a […]
Opening of the photography exhibition “Uno scatto per raccontare il lavoro” Thursday 1 October, 6.45 p.m., Ramo d’Oro, Galleria Umberto I, Piazza della Repubblica, 4 In collaboration with Ordine dei Giornalisti del Piemonte and Ramo d’Oro. On Thursday 1 October at 6.45 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Ordine dei Giornalisti del Piemonte and Ramo d’Oro, opens the photography exhibition Uno scatto per raccontare il lavoro. Photographs by Simona Carnino, Max Ferrero, Michele D’Ottavio, Lorenzo Goisis, Giò Palazzo, Mauro Raffini, Alessandro Rocca, Stefano Rogliatti, Roberto Sias and Mauro Ujetto. A visual narrative told through multiple voices, highlighting photojournalism’s role as a witness to the present and a means of reflecting on rights and the changing world of work. For the first time, photojournalists from Piedmont with different backgrounds and sensibilities come together in an exhibition that combines the invaluable work of photojournalism with its vocation as an attentive witness to the present. Places, professions, men and women. Work that is missing, and work that offers a chance for a fresh start. Work as fulfilment, exploration and the beauty of a craft. Places that speak of a vanished industrial world, still powerfully present in the city’s imagination. Of toil and […]
Opening of the photography exhibition “Il metallo e la carne” by Robertino Radovix Friday 2 October, 6 p.m., Cinema Romano, Galleria Subalpina, Piazza Castello, 9 In collaboration with Cinema Romano. On Friday 2 October at 6 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Cinema Romano, opens “Il metallo e la carne”, a photography exhibition by Robertino Radovix, curated by Elena Radovix. Created inside an Indian foundry, the work explores the relationship between bodies and materials in industrial production. In these powerful images, the presence of workers – often without adequate protective equipment – brings vulnerability and exposure to risk into focus. A critical reflection on work, safety and rights, in which photography becomes a tool for raising awareness. Admission: restricted to screening attendees.
In the Belly of AI (France, 2025, 73′) Italian subtitles Friday 2 October, 6 p.m., Polo del ‘900 – Auditorium, Piazzetta Franco Antonicelli In collaboration with Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza and Unione Culturale Franco Antonicelli. On Friday 2 October at 6 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza and Unione Culturale Franco Antonicelli, presents In the Belly of AI by Henri Poulain. A journey into the hidden side of artificial intelligence, revealing the invisible labour of millions of people preparing data to feed Big Tech algorithms. Through testimonies gathered in different countries, the film exposes the human and environmental cost of the technological revolution and questions the myth of progress without consequences. Followed by a discussion with Corrado Borsa (Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza) and Claudio Panella (Università di Torino, Research Group on Labour, Industry, Technology and the Humanities – GRILITS). Admission: free. International title: In the Belly of AI Original title: Les sacrifiés de l’IA Director, edit: Henri Poulain Screenplay: Antonio Casilli, Lili Fernandez, Julien Goetz, Henri Poulain Photography: Juliette Faÿsse, Maxime Maujean, Nils Ruinet Music: Josselin Bordat Sound: Christophe Joly Production: Story Circus With the documentary Les sacrifiés de l’IA, French director […]
Guided tour of Fabbrica delle “e” and presentation of Pietro Perotti’s book “I cessi di Mirafiori. Azioni e fotografie” di Pietro Perotti Saturday 3 October, 6 p.m., Libreria Binaria, Via Sestriere, 34 In collaboration with Binaria Centro Commensale and Gruppo Abele. On Saturday 3 October at 6 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Binaria Centro Commensale and Gruppo Abele, presents a two-part event: a guided tour of Fabbrica delle “e” and the presentation of Pietro Perotti’s book “I cessi di Mirafiori. Azioni e fotografie”. The “Fabbrica”, now home to Gruppo Abele, occupies a former industrial building that housed Cimat (Costruzioni Italiane Macchine Attrezzi Torino), part of Fiat’s supply chain, until the mid-1970s. Its interior structures, generous spaces, restored and brightly coloured overhead cranes, and conference rooms all named “officine” or “botteghe” – workshops – provide daily reminders of the building’s origins. The “e” in its name, Italian for “and”, expresses a desire to transform, within these walls, the many – too many – “ors” that divide, label and exclude in everyday life into “ands” that foster encounters, exchanges and paths towards commitment, solidarity and justice. Pietro Perotti’s book continues this “journey into the factory”. A worker at Fiat Mirafiori […]
La questione femminile – Il lavoro (Italy, 1976, 27′) by Virgilio Sabel Scialla Italia – Lavoro (Italy, 2022, 26′) by Alessandro Sortino, regia by Claudio Pisano Monday 5 October, 6 p.m., Palazzo della radio-Mediateca Rai, Via Giuseppe Verdi, 31 In collaboration with Rai Teche – “Archive Alive! 10 Years” series. On Monday 5 October at 6 p.m., two television programmes exploring issues around the employment of women and young people will be screened in the “Dino Villani” room as part of the “Archive Alive! 10 Years” series, offering a comparison across more than forty years. The programme includes La questione femminile, a landmark investigation directed by Virgilio Sabel and broadcast in the afternoon series Sapere on Programma Nazionale in 1976. The selected episode provides an overview of women’s working conditions in the 1970s, before Law 903 established equal pay and equal access to employment for men and women, prohibiting discrimination in recruitment and career progression. This is followed by Scialla Italia, a 2022 documentary series in which very young protagonists look at Italy through their own eyes and describe today’s world and the problems they face, in their own frank words and without adult mediation. Here too, the selected episode […]