{"id":1778,"date":"2026-04-21T23:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/?page_id=1778"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:53:00","slug":"2026-american-sweatshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/waff\/2026-2\/2026-american-sweatshop\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 &#8211; American Sweatshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#6d76b7\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:end;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:end;}.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);min-height:100vh;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-column-wrap{min-height:70vh;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-column:nth-child(1 of *:not(style)){order:1;}.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-column:nth-child(2 of *:not(style)){order:11;}.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-column:nth-child(3 of *:not(style)){order:21;}.kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 > .kt-row-column-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-column:nth-child(4 of *:not(style)){order:31;}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id1778_238932-80 alignfull kt-row-has-bg wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel kb-blocks-bg-slider kt-carousel-container-dotstyle-dark\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-carousel-init splide kb-blocks-bg-slider-init kt-carousel-arrowstyle-whiteondark kt-carousel-dotstyle-dark\" data-slider-anim-speed=\"400\" data-slider-type=\"slider\" data-slider-scroll=\"1\" data-slider-arrows=\"true\" data-slider-fade=\"true\" data-slider-dots=\"true\" data-slider-hover-pause=\"false\" data-slider-auto=\"true\" data-slider-speed=\"7000\" data-show-pause-button=\"false\"><div class=\"splide__track\"><ul class=\"splide__list\"><li class=\"splide__slide kb-bg-slide-contain\"><div  class=\"kb-bg-slide kb-bg-slide-0\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1_American-Sweatshop_Stills_Photo-GuidoMarx_LQ-40-scaled-1.jpg); background-size:cover; background-position:center center; background-repeat:repeat;\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"splide__slide kb-bg-slide-contain\"><div  class=\"kb-bg-slide kb-bg-slide-1\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/american-sweatshop_stills_photo-guidomarx-lq-123-scaled-1.png); background-size:cover; background-position:center center; background-repeat:repeat;\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"splide__slide kb-bg-slide-contain\"><div  class=\"kb-bg-slide kb-bg-slide-2\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/american-sweatshop_stills_photo-guidomarx-lq-93-scaled-1.png); background-size:cover; background-position:center center; background-repeat:repeat;\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"splide__slide kb-bg-slide-contain\"><div  class=\"kb-bg-slide kb-bg-slide-3\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/american-sweatshop_stills_photo-guidomarx-lq-59-scaled-1.png); background-size:cover; background-position:center center; background-repeat:repeat;\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"splide__slide kb-bg-slide-contain\"><div  class=\"kb-bg-slide kb-bg-slide-4\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/american-sweatshop_stills_photo-guidomarx-lq-9-scaled-1.png); background-size:cover; background-position:center center; background-repeat:repeat;\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"splide__slide kb-bg-slide-contain\"><div  class=\"kb-bg-slide kb-bg-slide-5\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/american-sweatshop_stills_photo-guidomarx-lq-126-scaled-1.png); background-size:cover; background-position:center center; background-repeat:repeat;\"><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-bottom kt-inner-column-height-full\">\n<style>.kadence-column1778_892d33-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1778_892d33-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1778_892d33-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1778_892d33-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1778_892d33-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1778_892d33-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1778_892d33-5f{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1778_892d33-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1778_892d33-5f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1778_892d33-5f\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#fef8eb;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:4vw;padding-right:6vw;padding-bottom:10vw;padding-left:6vw\"><style>.kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1778_a7d122-d7 kvs-lg-false kvs-md-false\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fdeaa0c9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ff98f60d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a7e07f6c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<p class=\"film-titel has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:66px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:0.9;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none\">American Sweatshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"film-ortdatauhr has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);font-size:28px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.2;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none\">G<strong>artenbaukino<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>D<strong>onnerstag, 21. Mai 2026<\/strong> <strong>I <strong>18.00 Uhr<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"film-sub has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.2;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none\"><strong><strong>Thriller | US\/D 2025 | 100\u00b4 | OmU<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>| <strong>Austrian Premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Uta Briesewitz<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:33.3%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-f8789b6d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button hover-preto is-style-fill film-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gartenbaukino.at\/programm\/programmuebersicht\/american-sweatshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TICKETS<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-361c45ab wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daisy (Lili Reinhart) works as a content cleaner: her job is to watch and delete problematic videos online. Constantly being confronted with the dark side of the internet is making the 25-year-old increasingly numb. Until she comes across a particularly disturbing video that she can\u2019t get out of her head. Daisy decides to hold the makers of the video to account, but neither her boss nor the police take her seriously. So she sets out on her own to track down the perpetrators, only to find herself increasingly in the crosshairs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her feature film debut, Uta Briesewitz uses powerful, precise imagery to highlight the psychological exploitation of this new class of digital workers, who have not yet been replaced by AI simply because it is incapable of feeling emotional pain (\u201cThey\u2019re paying us for our pain\u201d). Repeatedly featuring striking visual ideas, \u201cAmerican Sweatshop\u201d not only vehemently addresses these completely unacceptable working conditions, but also the effects of excessive social media consumption, partly caused by unregulated Big Tech algorithms. In the way it combines gripping suspense with questions about the ethical issues surrounding the production and reception of (digital) moving images, \u201cAmerican Sweatshop\u201d follows in the tradition of media-reflective thriller cinema such as \u201cBlow Up\u201d (1966) or \u201c8mm\u201d (1999). <em>(Matthias Hagel, CINEMATE)<\/em>&nbsp;<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1vw\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Sweatshop Exclusive Trailer (2025)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZhOUqeKL0Kg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1778_71b142-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1778_71b142-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1778_71b142-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1778_71b142-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1778_71b142-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1778_71b142-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1778_71b142-ec{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1778_71b142-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1778_71b142-ec > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1778_71b142-ec kvs-lg-false kvs-md-false\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Sweatshop Gartenbaukino&nbsp;Donnerstag, 21. Mai 2026 I 18.00 Uhr Thriller | US\/D 2025 | 100\u00b4 | OmU&nbsp;| \u00d6sterreichpremiere Uta Briesewitz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1488,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1778","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2213,"href":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1778\/revisions\/2213"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arbeits-film-festival.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}