KINRA (Perù, 2023, 157′) Friday, September 27, at 9 pm, Cinema Teatro Monterosa, Via Brandizzo, 65 Pre-opening Job Film Days 2024 in collaboration with Cinema Teatro Monterosa, Festival de Cine de Lima and Cinetrab. Job Film Days presents Friday, September 27 at 9 pm, at the Monterosa Cinema Theater, a new partner of the Festival, the film Kinra by Peruvian director, screenwriter and cinematographer Marko Panatonik (Peru, 2023, 157′). An event that will lead us to reflect on the renunciations one is forced to make in order to work, sometimes involving important spheres of life such as one’s family and roots. The collaboration with the Cinema Teatro Monterosa adds an important piece to the geography of Job Film Days, bringing the Festival to one of the historic theaters in northern Turin, a garrison for the cultural life of the area and an example of how cinema can be community. The film was screened at the Festival de Cine de Lima, garnering numerous awards, including best first feature and the ILO-Cinetrab award for best fiction film on the themes of the right to work. Methods of access: the event can be accessed by purchasing tickets at the Monterosa Cinema Theater box […]

IN THE NAME OF MARA CERRI October, 1 – 6, Cinema Massimo, Via Giuseppe Verdi 18 Every day from 3 pm to 11 pm In collaboration with Rivista del Cinematografo Fifteen are the works showing Mara Cerri?s poetic side, author of the image symbol of the fifth edition of JFD. A passionate research that follows and stops on the page ?unusual correspondences between pictures and words?. Thirteen among these works are pieces that Mara Cerri made for Rivista del Cinematografo, the first monthly Italian newspaper entirely dedicated to cinema. It was founded in January 1928. Free entry _________ MARA CERRI Born in Pesaro in 1978, she is considered one of the most talented artists in our country. An illustrator and author of animated films, she teaches animated short films at the Urbino ISIA. She has dedicated herself to illustration driven by the curiosity to search for correspondences between words and images and her poetic trait can be found in the books of major Italian publishers. In 2020, she created the poster for the Turin International Book Fair, while for the director Alice Rohrwacher she created the illustration for the poster of the movie ‘Lazzaro felice‘. In animation cinema, she is co-author […]

THE STORY OF SOULEYMANE (France, 2024, 93′) Tuesday, October 1, at 8:30 pm, Cinema Massimo, Sala 1 Opening Job Film Days 2024 The opening of the fifth edition of Job Film Days will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 8:30 pm at Cinema Massimo in Room 1, with the screening of the opening film The Story of Souleymane by Boris Lojkine (France, 2024). Boris Lojkine’s third fiction feature film, The Story of Souleymane was screened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in the “Un certain regard” section, receiving the Prix du Jury award, the Best Male Actor Award and the Fipresci International Critics’ Award. The film recounts the wait for the asylum interview, a necessary step to obtain documents and start a new life. A moment of great tension, loaded with expectations, anxiety, memories and fear of not making it, with all the unknowns that this entails. The screening will be preceded by greetings from the authorities, officially kicking off the 2024 edition of the Festival. Before the opening film, the trailers of the films of the Feature Film Competition “Lavoro 2024” JFD-INAIL Piemonte and the trailers of the film of the Short Film Competition “Job for the future […]

MORIRE DI LAVORO (Italy, 2008, 88′) Wednesday, October 2 at 9 pm, Cinema Massimo, Screen 3 Event in collaboration with the Italian Association of Sociology, Section of Sociology of Health and Medicine and the University of Turin and its Department of Psychology. On Wednesday, October 2 at 9 pm at Cinema Massimo Job Film Days, with the collaboration of the Italian Association of Sociology, Section of Sociology of Health and Medicine, the University of Turin and the University’s Department of Psychology, will present the documentary Morire di lavoro (Dying at Work) by director Daniele Segre. The film, which gives voice to workers and family members of workers who have died on the job, concludes the conference Occupational Safety in Italy: a Public Health Problem. Matteo Bellizzi presents the film. Followed by a meeting with Paolo Manera (director Film Commission Torino Piemonte). Methods of access: the event can be accessed by purchasing tickets online or at the Cinema Massimo box office. Direction, script, screenplay, editing: Daniele SegrePhotography: Marco Carosi, Iacopo De GregoriProduction: I Cammelli s.a.s. with the support of Film Commission Torino Piemonte and Regione Piemonte in collaboration with Sindacato Costruzioni CGIL This documentary investigates the reality of the construction sector […]

TEMPORARIES/RICHELIEU (Canada-France, 2023, 89′) Wednesday, October 2, at 10 am, Politecnico di Torino, Aula Emma Strada, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 Event in collaboration with CGIL – CISL – UIL Torino e Politecnico di Torino On Wednesday, October 2, at 10 am Job Film Days presents the film Richelieu (Canada-France, 2023, 90′) by Canadian screenwriter and editor Pier-Philippe Chevigny at the Politecnico di Torino, in collaboration with CGIL – CISL – UIL Torino and Politecnico di Torino. The screening denounces the extremely harsh working conditions to which seasonal immigrant workers in Canada are subjected and the discrimination against them. The film will be presented by Tatiana Mazali (Turin Polytechnic University, Bachelor of Science in Cinema and Media Engineering). Followed by debate with Mattia Pirulli (CISL national secretary), Stefano Sacchi (vice-rector Politecnico di Torino). Giorgio Vernoni (Ires Piemonte) will moderate. Methods of access: admission by invitation. Direction and screenplay: Pier-Philippe ChevignyDirector of Photography: Gabriel Brault TardifEditing: Amélie LabrècheCast: Ariane Castellanos, Marc-André Grondin, Nelson Coronado, Eve DuranceauProduction: Le Foyer Films, TS Productions, JPL Films Ariane, facing economic issues after her difficult divorce, comes back to the Québec Richelieu Valley, her hometown. There, she finds a job as an interpreter for seasonal immigrant […]

THE DAY ICELAND STOOD STILL (Usa-Iceland, 2024, 70′) Wednesday, October 2 at 6:30 pm, Cinema Romano, Screen 1 Event in collaboration with the associations Rete al Femminile and Turin City for Women Job Film Days continues to address the issue of women’s work with an event on Wednesday, October 2 at 6:30 pm at the Cinema Romano, organized in collaboration with the associations Rete al Femminile and Torino Città per le Donne. The event will feature a screening of The Day Iceland Still Stood (USA-Iceland, 2024), the film that traces a unique historical period for Iceland culminating in the day of October 28, 1975 when women took to the streets to demand family, social, labor and equal pay rights. The first film for cinema by U.S.-based Pamela Hogan, it is part of the series of works the director has devoted to investigating the role of women. Before the film, the short film Shirin’s Bitter Tears by Iranian director Amin Fallah will be screened. Followed by a debate with Barbara Damiano (blogger, Rete al femminile), Elisabetta Zurigo (advocate, Rete al femminile), Deniz Kivage (advocate, Torino Città per le Donne). Methods of access: the event can be accessed by purchasing tickets online […]

JUSTICE IN CINEMA. The narration of the work of magistrates and judicial police through films. Thursday, October 3, at 10 am, University of Turin, graduation hall Terracini, Via Sant’Ottavio, 20 Event in collaboration with Magistratura Democratica e University of Turin, Department of Humanities – DAMS On Thursday, October 3, Job Film Days presents, in collaboration with Magistratura Democratica and University of Turin, Department of Humanities – DAMS, Justice in Cinema. The narration of the work of magistrates and judicial police through films. In this event, which has an innovative format because it compares two seemingly distant worlds such as justice and cinema, it will be possible to discuss what is true, plausible, fanciful or imaginary in the representation of investigations, trials and the work of magistrates and judicial police within Italian television series, including through the presentation of short clips from some films. The event, aimed especially at students of the University of Turin, Department of Humanities- DAMS and Department of Law, is open to the public. The meeting will be led by Giuseppe Battarino (jurist and writer) and Paola Valentini (University of Turin, Department of Humanities, DAMS). Giulia Francesca Muggeo (University of Turin, Department of Humanities, DAMS) will moderate. […]

MAMBAR PIERRETTE (Belgium-Cameroon-France, 2023, 93′) Thursday, October 3, at 6:30 pm, Cinema Romano, Sala 1 Event in collaboration with CNA Torino Job Film Days, in collaboration with CNA Torino, presents the film Mambar Pierrette (Belgium-Cameroon-France,2023) by Cameroonian director Rosine Mbakam on Thursday, October 3, at 6:30 pm at Cinema Romano. The film, presented at the Cannes 2023 film festival, stages the portrait of a woman of great strength and determination, who seeks her freedom and emancipation through work. Followed by discussion with Malick Niang (Baobab Couture, Turin), Jimoh Taiwo Fulmi (dressmaker and stylist, owner of the brand Jimoh Fashion Time, Turin), Mioara Verman (president fashion textile clothing CNA Federmoda Torino), Gaetano Renda (CNA Cinema and Audiovisual). Introduced and moderated by Vitaliano Alessio Stefanoni (head of CNA Federmoda Torino). Methods of access: the event can be accessed by purchasing tickets online or at the Cinema Romano box office. Direction and screenplay: Rosine Mfetgo MbakamPhotography: Fiona BraillonEditing: Geoffroy CernaixCasts: Pierrette Aboheu, Karelle Kenmogne, Cécile Tchana, Fabrice NdjeuthatProduction: Tândor Productions The town of Douala in Cameroon is in trepidation for the start of the school year. A long queue of customers goes to Mambar Pierrette (the director’s cousin, who plays herself) to have […]

WITHOUT AIR/ELFOGY A LEVEGO (Hungary, 2023, 103′) Friday, October 4, at 10 am, Cinema Massimo, Screen 3 Event in collaboration with Engim Piemonte On Friday, October 4, Job Film Days presents at 10 am at Cinema Massimo the film Without Air by Katalin Moldovai (Hungary, 2023), a film that reveals the critical nature of the teacher’s work in Hungary today, when he or she is exposed to severe limitations in freedom of expression and education, with unpredictable consequences. The event, organized in collaboration with ENGIM Piedmont, will involve students from its professional training courses. This will be followed by a meeting with faculty from Engim Piedmont’s ‘ARTIGIANELLI’ Training Service Center. Methods of access: confidential screening, accessible through ticket purchase. Director: Katalin MoldovaiScreenplay: Zita Palóczi, Katalin MoldovaiPhotography: András TáborosiEditing: Orsolya SoltészMusic: Tibor CáriCast: Ágnes Krasznahorkai, Tünde Skovrán, Áron Diményi, Soma Sándor, Zsolt Bolonyi, Ágnes LorinczProduction: Magma Cinema Ana, a literature teacher, is accused by the father of her student Viktor of misconduct, due to a lesson on the life and work of Arthur Rimbaud. This accusation is made specifically because she had assigned the class to see Agnieszka Holland’s movie, Poets from Hell, in order to explore the subject. Since the […]

ADUA E LE COMPAGNE (Italy, 1960, 106′) Friday, October 4, 2:30 pm, Cinema Massimo, Screen 3 Class with Giulia Francesca Muggeo (University of Turin, the Department of Humanities – DAMS) aimed at DAMS students and open to the public New to the Job Film Days program is an open lecture by Giulia Francesca Muggeo, professor of Cinema, Photography, Radio, Television and Digital Media at the Department of Humanities-DAMS, University of Turin. It is aimed at DAMS students, but open to the public. The focus of the lecture will be the film Adua e le compagne, Antonio Pietrangeli‘s masterpiece presented at the 1960 Venice Film Festival, which tells the story of the resourcefulness of four women who try to engage in an honest profession after the closure of the dating house in which they worked. Method of access: free admission Director: Antonio PietrangeliScript: Ruggero Maccari, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ettore ScolaScreenplay: Tullio Pinelli, Ettore Scola, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ruggero MaccariPhotography: Armando NannuzziEditing: Eraldo Da RomaMusic: Piero PiccioniCast: Simone Signoret, Sandra Milo, Emmanuelle Riva, Gina Rovere, Claudio Gora, Ivo Garrani, Gianrico Tedeschi, Valeria Fabrizi, Domenico Modugno, Marcello MastroianniProduction: Moris Ergas per Zebra Film After the closure of a house designated for prostitution, Adua, Milly, Lolita […]

L’OCCHIO DELLA GALLINA (Italy, 2024, 93′) Saturday, October 5, at 9 pm, Cinema Massimo, Screen 3 Job Film Days presents, in its regional premiere, the latest film by Neapolitan director Antonietta De Lillo, L’occhio della gallina (Italy, 2024). Antonietta De Lillo, president of the Festival’s feature film jury, signs a cinematic self-portrait of the last two decades of her career, marked by the court dispute related to her most important film, The Rest of Nothing. The Eye of the Hen was presented at Venice 81, as part of the Venice Nights of the Venice Days. Cinema Massimo will dedicate two more evenings to the director, the first on Friday, October 18 with screenings of The Rest of Nothing at 6:15 pm and The Eye of the Hen at 8:30 pm, and the second on Tuesday, October 29 (4 pm The Rest of Nothing, 6:15 pm The Eye of the Hen). The director presents the film. Followed by Q&A with the director moderated by Grazia Paganelli (National Cinema Museum). Method of access: the event can be accessed by purchasing tickets online or at the Cinema Massimo box office Director: Antonietta De LilloScreenplay: Antonietta De Lillo, Laura Sabatino con la collaborazione di […]

CONFERENCE ON THE LABOUR MARKET IN THE FILM INDUSTRY Saturday, October 5 at 10 am, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Via Buscalioni, 34 Event organized in collaboration Film Commission Torino Piemonte e Agenzia Piemonte Lavoro On Saturday, October 5 at 10 am at the Film Commission Torino Piemonte headquarters, Job Film Days organizes in collaboration with Agenzia Piemonte Lavoro and Film Commission Torino Piemonte a conference, through the contribution of organisations and operators in the sector, institutions and players in the labour market and researchers, will offer a snapshot of the situation and prospects of work in the national and local film sector in the face of the technological and industrial challenges affecting the sector. Method of access: free entry with reservation by registering on the following form https://forms.gle/27Czxd27dcY2Z3ES6