Seeing Prague
Barbora Šimková / Czech Republic / 2018 / World Premiere / 8 min.
synopsis
A personal documentary about the (im)possibility of living in the center of Prague. The filmmaker and her five-year-old-son received an eviction notice from City Hall ordering them to leave the one-room apartment in which her grandfather lived for almost thirty years. The film illustrates the impact that mass tourism and City Hall’s housing policy have on the capita city’s inhabitants.
biography
Barbora Šimková (1989) graduated from the studio of digital media at the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, where she studied with Michaela Thelenová and Radek Jandera. She is now studying in the studio of Intermedia at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno. Her reflects social and political issues.
1st place in the My Street Films 2018 competition
more about film
| director: | Barbora Šimková |
contact
MY STREET FILMS / Dominika Andrasko / Vodičkova 36 / 11000 / Prague / +420 604 233 138 / dominika@mystreetfilms.cz / info@dafilms.com
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Film at festival
| premiere type: | World Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | My Street Films |
| format: | Video File |
| language: | Czech |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Barbora Šimková |
| original title: | Vidíš, Praha |
| country: | Czech Republic |
| year: | 2018 |
| running time: | 8 min. |
