A New Shift

In this documentary, a worker retrains as a computer programmer after his coal mine closes.But after 25 years as a physical laborer, can he fit in with the young and trendy digital crowd?
For Tomáš the mine is the centre of his life, along with soccer, his kids and the cosy after-work beer. The 44-year-old has worked as a miner for 21 years, until the mine was closed down for economic reasons. Tomáš then re-trains as a coder in the appropriately named educational programme “New Shift”. What he doesn’t know yet is that his new skills alone won’t get him out of the crisis. A film about a tug-of-war with fate and the employment market.