Know Your Stones
Germany, Netherlands / Documentary / 21’ / HD / 2023
As we face climate change, young activists, steelworkers, and a geologist come together in a time-travelling space full of nightmares and aspirations.
Director: Katarina Jazbec
Director of Photography: Tom Otte
Producer: Urbane Künste Ruhr, Katarina Jazbec
Music: Driftwood Audio - Giliam Spliethoff & Jorick Bronius
Editing: Jesse Immanuel Bom, Katarina Jazbec
Cast: Antje Selter, Michael Palka, Kenan Ramadani, Murat Sanli, Ali Pişman, Patrick Schuster, Aylin Kübra Kılıç, Luca Röhrig, Ensar Ahishali, Sara Naiem Suliman Ahmed, Kim Pawlinski
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Katarina Jazbec, a visual artist working in film and photography, was born in 1991, in 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 in Breda (NL). In her film works, Katarina searches for new narrative forms by using interdisciplinary and collaborative artistic strategies. She is drawn to exploring the fragility and agency of human and non-human critters in the current economic system. Her previous short film You Can’t Automate Me premiered at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam in June 2021. Her films have been shown at numerous festivals all around the world and at exhibition spaces such as TENT Rotterdam. She is the first recipient of the RTM Pitch Award by the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Katarina is currently doing a two-year international residency programme at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam.
Festivals Attended
Bogotá Short Film Festival 2023
Rotterdam International Film Festival 2024