LIMITS OF EUROPE
Hranice Evropy
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia| 2024 | 98 min | col.
Czech journalist Saša Uhlová leaves temporarily her country to conduct an investigation into the lives of the women who migrate to West Europe to find a job. To this end, she managed to be hired under cover in Germany, France, and the UK to execute several underpaid tasks. Thus she finds out a stark inequality in work conditions across the European continent, a sort of iron curtain applied to salaries. Limits of Europe recounts a brave investigation into the labour market in Europe in which the body who films is at stake. Film director Apolena Rychlíková, who hid a micro-camera in the journalist’s eyeglasses, made an exposé – as well as an important formal reflection – that, by way of a ‘spy-gaze,’ blows the whistle on the control exerted in the exploitation of labour. (a.d)
Event in collaboration with Oxfam as part of the third Oxfam Festival entitled ‘Let's create a future of equality’ (in Florence from 24 to 26 October).
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: 26 Oct 2024
- Time: 14:00
Location
- Cinema La Compagnia - Via Camillo Cavour, 50/R, 50121 Florence
Organizer
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Apolena Rychlíková
Apolena Rychlíková (born 1989, in Czech Republic) is a documentary filmmaker, writer and journalist. She graduated at FAMU, where she currently teaches. She has won many awards for her journalistic work and was also the first Czech to be nominated for the European Journalism Award. In her work she deals with socially critical documentaries. In 2017, The Boundaries of Work won the award for the best Czech documentary film and the Audience Award at the Jihlava IDFF.
