After Work
Documentary
2023
77′
Director
Erik Gandini
Writer
Erik Gandini
Most jobs that exist today might disappear within decades. What will this mean to us as human beings? Through four stories After Work explores what may happen to us when we don’t work.
In the next 15 years, it is estimated that about half of the workforce will be replaced by automation and artificial intelligence. Are we ready for this change? What will it entail on an existential level? What will we do, in essence, when we no longer have to work?
Through the direct experiences of its protagonists in four emblematic nations – Kuwait, South Korea, USA and Italy – After Work explores what could be the new work ethic, compatible with a future “”work free existence”.
Production
Fasad [se]
Propaganda Italia
Rai Cinema
Indie Film as [no]
Distribution
Italy Fandango
International CAT&Docs
Main Cast
Yoo Ga Yeon
Yoo Deug Young
Armando Pizzoni
Josh Davis
Elizabeth S. Anderson
Pa Sinyan
Noam Chomsky
Astrid Moss
Meqdad Al Kout
Mai Al Nakib
‘Fatima’
Rory Marzotto
Ferdinando Businaro
Luca Ricolfi
Jeong Boseong
Yuval Harari
Elon Musk
Janis Varufakis
Lee Jae-Gap
Kim Young Joo
Creative Team
Cinematography Fredrik Wenzel
Music and Editing Johan Söderberg
Composer Christoffer Berg
Sound Recordist Chiara Andrich
With the support of: Ministero della Cultura – Direzione Generale Cinema, Film i Vast, SVT
Watch the Trailer
What will we do when we no longer have to work? A visionary documentary questioning the future of work and of our very existence.
Festivals & Awards
CPH:DOX 2023 | Dox:Award Competition
Visions du Réel 2023 | Grand Angle
Hot Docs Festival 2023 | The Changing Face of Europe
Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2023 | Fetish and Culture
Biografilm Festival 2023 | Contemporary Lives
Ortigia Film Festival 2023 | Competition
Labour Film Festival 2023 | Labour.Doc
Film Fest Hamburg 2023
Euganea Film Festival 2023 | Out of Competition
DIG Festival 2023
Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México 2023 | Competencia Internacional
Chicago International Film Festival 2023 | Documentary Competition
Mirage Film Festival – The Art of the Real 2023
Tallin Black Nights Film Festival 2023 | Doc@PÖFF
One World Film Festival 2024 | International Competition
San Sebastian Festival de Cine Y Derechos Humanos 2024 | Largometrajes
LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International 2024 | Internationaler Langfilm
Festa do Cinema Italiano 2024 | Altre Visioni
Docs Valencia 2024 | Global Docs
After Work Pressbook
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