Seeing Prague

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