The Nothing Factory

One night, a group of workers realizes that the administration is stealing machines and raw materials from their own factory. As they organize to survey the equipment and block the relocation of the production, they are forced to stand in their posts with no work to be done, as a form of retaliation, while the negotiations for a general lay off go on. The pressure leads to a general breakdown of the workers along the collapse of the world around them.

FESTIVAIS:

[2017] Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - Cannes (FIPRESCI Award for the sections Quinzaine des Realisateurs/Semaine de la Critique) [France]
[2017] Le Forum des images [France]
[2017] Filmfest München (CineVision Award) [Germany]
[2017] Festival International du Film de La Rochelle [France]
[2017] Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Czech Republique]
[2017] PriFest [Kosovo]
[2017] Rencontres Cénema Gindou [France]
[2017] Festival de Cinéma de Douarnenez [France]
[2017] États Généraux du Film Documentaire [France]
[2017] Jerusalem Film Festival [Israel]
[2017] Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique [Belgium]
[2017] T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival [Poland]
[2017] Toronto International Film Festival [Canada]
[2017] Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival (Adolf Zukor Prize - Grand Prize) [Hungary]
[2017] "Pacific Meridian" - Vladivostok International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Сountries [Russia]
[2017] Duhok International Film Festival (Special Jury Award for World Cinema) [Iraq]
[2017] Calgary International Film Festival [Canada]
[2017] Bergen International Film Festival [Norway]
[2017] CPH PIX [Denmark]
[2017] Festival du Nouveau Cinéma [Canada]
[2017] Film Festival Cologne [Germany]
[2017] BFI London Film Festival [UK]
[2017] Festival do Rio [Brazil]
[2017] Bogota Internationa Film Festival [Columbia]
[2017] Adelaide Film Festival [Australia]
[2017] FICValdivia - Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdívia [Chile]
[2017] Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival [Austria]
[2017] Torino Film Festival [Italy]
[2017] Université d’été Européene des Mouvements Sociaux – Cinéma American Cosmograph [France]
[2017] Busan Internationa Film Festival [South Korea]
[2017] Ljubljana International Film Festival [Slovenia]
[2017] Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife [Brazil]
[2017] Minsk International Film Festival Listapad [Belarus]
[2017] Thessaloniki Documentary Festival [Greece]
[2017] Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata [Argentina]
[2017] Around The World In 14 Films [Germany]
[2017] Filmmaker Festival [Italy]
[2017] California Institute Of Arts - CalArts [USA]
[2017] FIFIGROT - Festival Groland à Toulouse [France]
[2017] International Film Festival Kinenova Skopje [Macedonia]
[2017] Contemporary Art Moscow [Russia]
[2017] TRANSCINEMA - Festival Internacional de No-Ficción / International Non- Fiction Film Festival [Peru]
[2017] Festival Márgenes [Spain]
[2017] L’alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona [Spain]
[2017] Cineuropa [Spain]
[2017] Muestra de Cine Europeo de Segovia [Spain]
[2017] MUVI - Festival Internacional de Música no Cinema [Portugal]
[2017] Filmer A Tout Prix [Belgium]
[2017] 5ª Semana de Cine Portugués em Buenos Aires [Argentina]
[2017] Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival [China]
[2017] Le Caire European FF [Egypt]
[2017] Festival d'Aubenas [France]
[2017] Caminhos do Cinema Português [Chile]
[2017] European Showcase DC [USA]
[2017] International Film Festival and Awards [Macao]
[2017] Kerala International Film Festival [India]
[2017] Chennai International Film Festival [India]
[2017] Seville European Film Festival [Spain]
[2017] Festival International du Film de la Roche-sur-Yon [France]
[2018] Pune International Film Festival [India]
[2018] International Film Festival Rotterdam [Netherlands]
[2018] Journées du Cinéma méditerranéen [Germany]
[2018] Gotheborg Film Festival [Sweden]
[2018] Portland International Film Festival [USA]
[2018] Panama International Film Festival [Panama]
[2018] Istanbul International Independent Film Festival [Turkey]
[2018] Stockfish Film Festival [Iceland]
[[2018] Dominican Republic Global Film Festival [Dominican Republic]
[2018] FICUNAM - Festival Internacional de Cine Unam [Mexico]
[2018] Hong Kong International Film Festival [China]
[2018] Dresdner schmalfilmtage [Germany]
[2018] Prémios Sophia (Best Editing, Best Adapted Script) [Portugal]
[2018] FestIbérico - Portuguese and Spanish Film Festival [Netherlands]
[2018] Kino Otok - Isola Cinema International Film Festival [Slovenia]
[2018] Nova Cinema [Belgium]
[2018] Frames of Representation [UK]
[2018] New Directors / New Films [USA]
[2018] Óbidos International Literary Festival [Portugal]
[2018] Mostra de Cinema Atlântico [Portugal]
[2018] Centro Cultural - Município do Cartaxo [Portugal]
[2018] Labor Film Festival [Turkey]
[2018] Festival Primavera do Cine de Vigo (Jury Award for Best Feature Film) [Spain]
[2018] Construir Cine - Labour International Film Festival [Argentina]
[2018] Desobedoc Évora [Portugal]
[2018] Mostra de Cinema Internacional de Lagoa [Portugal]
[2018] Mostra de Cinema Português Contemporâneo [Brazil]
[2018] Taipei Film Festival (New Talent Award) [Taiwan]
[2018] CineAvante! [Portugal]
[2018] European Art Cinema Day [Argentina]
[2019] Nova Cinema [Belgium]
[2019] Cineclub Proyección [Chile]
[2019] Cineclube do Faial [Portugal]
[2021] Mostra De Portugal para o Mundo - Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
[2021] Festival Cinespaña [France]