Jobcenter
We first see a roundabout in the periphery, controlling the flow of
lorries and cars, before the film reaches its actual destination: the „Jobcenter“, a course for unemployed people. How is
„success in the job market“ being taught there? The film follows five people who reflect on their situation in the course
and then start searching for a new job. (Angela Summereder) Flipcharts, bare conference rooms, training routines. That’s the
world Jobcenter takes the viewer into. Trainees, their uncertainty written all over their faces, meet course leaders who always
put on a pleasant expression, regardless of how they speak. The job center’s purpose is to equip clients for the employment
market, part of which is finding out how they estimate their chances on this market. Their performance can then be optimized.
(Gunnar Landsgesell)
Director's Biography
Angela Summereder, geboren 1958 in Ort im Innkreis,
Oberösterreich. Studium der Filmregie, Germanistik und Publizistik in Salzburg und Wien. Arbeit als Autorin und Regisseurin,
tätig in der Kunstvermittlung und in der Erwachsenenbildung. 1981 dreht und schreibt sie den Spielfilm Zechmeister.
Filme (Auswahl): Blut in der Spur (gemeinsam mit Bady Minck, 1978, KF), Zechmeister (1981), Abendbrot (2008, KF), Jobcenter (2009, Dok)
Filme (Auswahl): Blut in der Spur (gemeinsam mit Bady Minck, 1978, KF), Zechmeister (1981), Abendbrot (2008, KF), Jobcenter (2009, Dok)
Arbeitswelten | Working Worlds 2010
Angela Summereder
Austria 2009
color
80
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Angela Summereder
Cinematography
Joerg Burger
Editing Michael
Palm
Music Mathias Gruber
Production
Angela Summereder 4974 Ort im Innkreis 59 Österreich T +
43 699 10 727 339 summereder@gmx.at