WITHOUT AIR/ELFOGY A LEVEGO (Hungary, 2023, 103′)

JOB FILM DAYS 2024 AWARDS CEREMONY – CLOSING FILM

Sunday, October 6 at 8 pm, Cinema Massimo, Screen 1

The closing night of the fifth edition of Job Film Days will take place on Sunday, October 6 at 8 pm at Cinema Massimo.

During the evening there will be an awards ceremony for the festival’s two competitive sections, the international competition dedicated to documentaries and fiction feature films dealing with different aspects of the world of work, International Film Award ‘Job 2024’ JFD – INAIL Piemonte, and the competition dedicated to short films made in the European Union by directors under 40 that tell the story of “emerging” jobs and the challenges of contemporary work, Award ‘Job for the Future 2024’ JFD – Turin Chamber of Commerce.

There will also be an award ceremony for the best film subjects on labor issues received by the Festival as part of the Writing Workshop ‘From Idea to Subject Job Film Days 2024′. The Workshop was organized by the Job Film Days ETS Association in collaboration with the Bottega Miller Association (Vercelli) and the Videocommunity Association (Turin). The awards are supported by the Order of Labor Consultants of Turin and Aurora Penne.

The audience will also be able to attend a screening of the closing film, Without Air by Katalin Moldovai (Hungary, 2023), a film that reveals the critical nature of the teacher’s work in Hungary today, when it is exposed to severe limitations in freedom of expression and education, with unpredictable consequences.

The evening is hosted by Stefania Rosso (actress).

Methods of access: admission is for invited guests only. There will still be a quota of tickets available for the general public that can be purchased online and at the box office.

Director: Katalin Moldovai
Screenplay: Zita Palóczi, Katalin Moldovai
Photography: András Táborosi
Editing: Orsolya Soltész
Music: Tibor Cári
Cast: Ágnes Krasznahorkai, Tünde Skovrán, Áron Diményi, Soma Sándor, Zsolt Bolonyi, Ágnes Lorincz
Production: 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 main theme of the film is homosexuality, a crusade is organised against the teacher, who starts a fight to justify herself, causing an absurd chain of reactions. The scandal that follows generates unpredictable consequences that affect both her life and Viktor’s. The case ends up at the school court and the air becomes increasingly unbreathable for Ana and the boy. Without Air focuses on many issues such as acceptance of the other, being a teacher in a European country, Hungary, questioning freedom of speech and expression, the nature of power, homophobia, and oppression.

Katalin Moldovai (Dés, Romania, 1982) is a director and screenwriter. After attending the Hungarian Sapientia University of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca, graduating in Cinema, Photography and Media in 2013, she continued her studies in Hungary at the Budapest Metropolitan University with a master’s degree in Television and Film direction. During that time, she directed many short films and a documentary. Her short film As Up to Now was nominated for the Cinéfondation Prize at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Without Air is her first fiction feature film.

Filmography: A barátkozás lehetöségei (2012, s.f.), Burok (2013, s.f.), After Season (2013, s.f.), Jegyesek (cm, 2014), Asszonyok feketében (2015, s.f.), As Up to Now (2018, s.f.), Peremvidéken (2019, doc), Without Air (2023).