After Work

In 1958, Han­nah Arendt pre­dict­ed a soci­ety with­out work. After Work explores this cur­rent real­i­ty and the quest for mean­ing in economies such as Italy, the USA, South Korea and Kuwait. 

SYNOPSIS

In 1958, philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote in Condition of Modern Man: "What we have before us is the prospect of a society of workers without work, i.e. deprived of the only activity left to them. Nothing worse can be imagined." After Work - a highly necessary and contemporary update of Arendt's warning - comes at just the right time. How can we give meaning to our lives if we find ourselves deprived of what has long been its main content, namely work? Focusing on relatively affluent economies such as Italy, the USA, South Korea and Kuwait, the film functions as a foretaste of a conundrum that could soon become increasingly prevalent, with the emergence of artificial intelligence and automation.

Theme(s) : , Economy, Sociology, Work

DIRECTOR

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Erik Gandini

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Erik Gan­di­ni is an Ital­ian-Swedish film direc­tor, writer, and pro­duc­er and pro­fes­sor of doc­u­men­tary film at Stock­holm Uni­ver­si­ty of the Arts. He has pro­duced and direct­ed numer­ous inter­na­tion­al­ly acclaimed doc­u­men­taries includ­ing Sur­plus – Ter­ror­ized into Being Con­sumers which won the Main Prize at IDFA 2003 and was screened at over 70 fes­ti­vals around the world. Videoc­ra­cy was shown at the Venice Film Fes­ti­val, Toron­to IFF, IDFA in 2009 and was nom­i­nat­ed for a DOX:AWARD at CPH:DOX. In 2015, The Swedish The­o­ry of Love pre­miered at the Stock­holm Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val and went on a suc­cess­ful inter­na­tion­al fes­ti­val tour (CPH:DOX, IDFA) and was the­atri­cal­ly released in many ter­ri­to­ries. He pro­duced The Raft by Mar­cus Lin­deen which won numer­ous inter­na­tion­al awards, e.g. the main com­pe­ti­tion at CPH:DOX in 2018.

CREDITS

Director | , Erik Gandini
Year | , 2023
Country | , Italy, Norway, Sweden
Duration | 80 minutes
Original language | , English, Italian, Korean
Subtitles | , French
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Image | Fredrik Wenzel
Music | Johan Söderberg
Editing | Johan Söderberg

CAREER

CPH:Dox • One World • Docville • Visions du Réel • Hot Docs • Millennium • Docs Against Gravity • Biografilm • Filmfest Hamburg • Chicago Film Festival • DocsMX • Planet in Focus Film Festival • Northern Lights Nordic Baltic Film Festival

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