Burnout: The Truth about Work

Keep Up the Good Work

It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: work. In times of the financial crisis and massive job reductions, this documentary movie questions work as our 'hallow' sense in life in a way that both humors and pains us.

Osteria all'undici

After a burn-out, Filippo, a film director, undertakes a professional reintegration as a waiter in a social enterprise.

AIPOKAMORHC

A unique visual interpretation of Tyler, the Creator's latest album, Chromakopia.

Speed: In Search of Lost Time

It’s a paradox. Never before in history we have worked more efficiently. Never before we have saved time with more sophisticated technologies. Anyway, nearly all of us are feeling an increasing pressure of time. It seems that the same technology that has been invented to make our life better and easier, is now enslaving us. Why?

The Youth Drug Scene

A Cristian educational film that tells the story of a former drug addict, Mark Lindley, and his recovery through finding God.

The Happy Worker - Or How Work Was Sabotaged

Our premise is that work has become an act of self-sabotage. Empty corporate jargon, ever-changing management fashions and self-serving bureaucracy masquerading as efficiency hijacked the purpose of work. Creative documentary The Happy Worker will show how we got to this point and the very human behavior that led us here. We want to show how this unhealthy system is maintained and what keeps us from calling bullshit.

From Business to Being

These days, employees find themselves under enormous pressure. Disorders such as burn-out and depression are not uncommon. A manager, a mediation coach and a quantum physicist offer their approaches to counteract this trend.

Weg vom Fenster - Leben nach dem Burnout

The Hasty Man Drinks His Tea with a Fork

A blend of drama and documentary, this film follows several people caught up in the turmoil of the modern world. The drama centres on a woman who has burned out and who holds up her own despair – and her attempts to rebuild her life – as a mirror to the rest of us. With a blend of gravity and humour, Sylvie Groulx's film shows the absurdity of a society dedicated to the cult of speed at all costs.

Office Space

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

I'm Perfectly Fine

As a freelance illustrator and perfectionist, Maya’s life is fun fun fun, but also busy busy busy. She perfectly pulls through her work assignments and social activities, thanks to a supportive ‘inner voice’ whom she affectionately calls her ‘Little Motivator’. But when Maya suddenly gets a full-on panic attack and has to slow down for a while, her deepest fear becomes reality: she can no longer be perfect… Maya and her Little Motivator set out to get her back on track ASAP, while struggling to accept that ‘good enough’ might just really be good enough.

Mr. Yanagi’s Aliens

Two public broadcast employees, tired of their dead-end jobs, set out to make a documentary proving aliens exist in a small Minnesotan farming community.

OVERLOAD

Overwhelmed student Shido is looking for a way out of his impending burnout. By chance, he meets Roy, who is offering a tutoring session. Although Shido is the only one who signed up, Roy's unconventional approach helps him progress, while Roy's story catches up with him.

Burn Out

An assistant will do anything to get his presentation in front of his boss… even set himself on fire.

Fosse commune

Four entrepreneurs are searching for a narrative for their newly founded startup. Lacking inspiration, they discover an app that creates virtuous stories of revolution, community, sustainability... but it ultimately confronts them with the reality of current corporate models.

The Tragedy of Images

The plot revolves around two completely different and distant women — a nurse and a fashion model — who are haunted by their own spectre after going through the same experience: they can no longer see their reflections in the mirror.

Infernophobia

An obsessive composing student alone in his apartment takes on more than he can handle when a night terror turns nightmare come true.

Over the Edge

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

No More God in Doctor

Emergency medicine intern Margaux can no longer stand it. During another very hectic and patient-filled shift, she forgets a homeless woman on a stretcher who then dies. Shocked Margaux has no choice but to continue working. But suddenly, her body starts sweating blood uncontrollably.

Vampires

Facing dismissal, a supermarket worker decides to investigate her perfect colleague. At dusk, she sees her colleague attacking a man and is forced to make a choice: become a vampire or continue living as if nothing had happened.