Private Project

Europe, can you see me?

The closing of the Balkan route has been causing unthinkable suffering for years. A focal point of the resulting humanitarian catastrophe is in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Serious human rights violations are committed there daily - inside & outside the EU border. The documentary "Europa, Kannst Du Mich Sehen?" deals with the precarious situation of refugees from different angles, re-contextualizes the images of the state of emergency and thus operates outside the usual media representations. It tells us from 9 perspectives what is happening at the Croatian-Bosnian external border and demonstrates the devastating consequences of European refugee policy.
(AT2021)

  • Katharina Simunic
    Director
  • Jana Czvitkovits
    Writer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Europa, kannst du mich sehen?
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    35 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 15, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Austria
  • Country of Filming:
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Sony A7iii
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Jewish Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    October 7, 2020
    Best Short Film (3min Version)
  • Allgäu Filmzeit Festival
    Kaufbeuren
    Germany
    September 26, 2021
    European Premiere
Director Biography - Katharina Simunic

Katharina Simunic is a filmmaker and human rights activist from Vienna, Austria. Her first documentary "Europe, Can You See Me?" (AT, 2021) was shot on the Croatian-Bosnian border in the middle of the pandemic, though most of the time was spent providing first aid and delivering food to the refugees whose stories she was trying to tell. Back in the city, she leads film workshops on children's rights and gender equality in high schools, and loves to film feminist music videos.
Though she’s regularly called upon to assist on other people’s projects, most of her own work has just one name on the credits. Camera, Direction, Production, Sound, Screenplay, Editing (and Pretty-Much-Everything you can think of or have maybe forgotten as well) by Katherina Simunic. A filmmaker who literally makes her own films.

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