You Can’t Automate Me
Netherlands, Slovenia / Documentary / 21’ / HD / Color / 2021
Before container-ships leave port, lashers secure the containers using heavy metal bars. They are the last port workers to do such dangerous jobs surrounded by self-driven vehicles and remotely operated cranes. Each body tells its own story: from grieving for a colleague who died on the job to just keep going. Stowaway animals appear as visions of a more natural world.
Director: Katarina Jazbec
Script: Katarina Jazbec
Director of Photography: Matija Pekić
Producer: Sem Janssen, Katarina Jazbec
Musician: Giliam Spliethoff, Jorick Bronius
Editing: Jesse Immanuel Bom, Katarina Jazbec
Sound: Jorick Bronius
Cast: Toby Slager, Django Binder, Shennen Jamanika, Brown Pinas, Lars Masselink, Misja Vos, Martines Simmons
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Katarina Jazbec is a visual artist working in film and photography. She was born in 1991, Slovenia, and has been living in Rotterdam since 2015. She received her BA from the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana and her MA in Photography from the AKV | St. Joost art academy.
Filmography
You Can’t Automate Me 2021
Permeating Hearts 2016
Festivals Attended and Awards
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021, The Netherlands - World Premiere
FeKK - Ljubljana Short Film Festival 2021, Slovenia - Critics Award
DOKUDOC - International Documentary Film Festival 2021, Slovenia
Niederrhein Filmfestival 2021, Germany - Best Dutch Movie Award, Audience Award
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam 2021, Netherlands
Festival Slovenskega Filma 2021, Slovenia
Bosphorus Film Festival 2021, Turkey
Festival Mente Locale - Visioni sul territorio 2021, Italy
Neues Slowenisches Kino Festival 2021, Germany
Dani Slovenačkog Filma Belgrad 2021, Serbia
Noč kratkih filmov (The Night of Short Films) 2021, Slovenia
Longue vue sur le court 2021, Canada - Jury Special Mention
BOGOSHORTS - Bogotá Short Film Festival 2021, Colombia
Laceno d'oro International Film Festival 2021, Italy - Best Cinematography Award
Afragola International Film Festival of Architecture and Design 2021, Italy
International Shorts 2021, Australia
London Short Film Festival 2022, UK
FIPADOC - International Documentary Festival 2022, France
In The Palace International Short Film Festival 2022, Bulgaria
International Festival of Films on Art 2022, Canada