A film about work and what we want from it. Three former Uber drivers and three actors reenact and reflect on a failed negotiation with Uber representatives. Outlines of a collective experience become visible, as work puts us into often conflicting positions, forcing us to mistreat each other. Against this, the film shows how we can fracture the screen of compassion and pity and enact solidarity in its place.
Screenplay Lisette Olsthoorn
With Mirsad Bektašević, Abderrahman Boukhizzou, Rowdy van Dorst, Michiel Nooter, Guido Pollemans, Anneke Sluiters, Peter van Limbeek, Mark MacGann
Cinematography Aafke Beernink, Sjuul Joosen, Sol Archer, Anna Theunissen, Lisette Olsthoorn
Sound Jaap Sijben, Sol Archer, Lisette Olsthoorn, Andreas Hildebrandt
Music Cecilia Öhrwall
Producer Lisette Olsthoorn
Co-producers Daan Milius, Tim Rutten
Production working people
Co-production Video Power
AUDIO: English, Dutch
SUBTITLE: Romanian, English
25
April,
Saturday
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului
3:30 PM
59'
28
April,
Tuesday
Cinemateca Eforie
6:00 PM
59'
Followed by Q&A with director Lisette Olsthoorn
Lisette Olsthoorn
Lisette Olsthoorn
Lisette Olsthoorn is a Dutch based filmmaker whose work evolves around closely observing and occasionally staging interactions between people, revealing layers of common experiences and political tensions. For her cinematic research into precarious labour she made work about museum attendants (“Fantasies on how to Strike”, 2019), microworkers (“Ghost Workers”, 2024) and Uber drivers (“In This Together”, 2025). From 2026 she conducts PhD research on collaborative film practices – Cinematic explorations at work (LUCA School of Arts / KU Leuven, Belgium).