Martin Slivka

Bulharské oplakávacie piesne

Martin Slivka

A documentary about lamentation songs of Bulgarian funeral rites.

Martin Slivka - "... muž, ktorý sadil stromy"

Martin Šulík

Martin Slivka, Vlado Balco

A tribute to Martin Slivka, one of the most important personalities of Slovak cinematography and culture. He was the creator of Slovak documentary ethnographic film, director, screenwriter, dramaturgist, film theoretician, pedagogue, author and ethnograph, but mainly – exceptional person. This documentary is not only a remembrance of maestro Slivka through words of his close friends and colleagues, but also an attempt to slightly uncover the secret of his rich life and work.

Odchádza človek

Martin Slivka

Ethnographic documentary about customs and ceremonies connected with death in a Bulgarian village.

Voda a praca

Martin Slivka

Ethnographic documentary emphasising the beauty and value of technical monuments and points to the wisdom with which past generations lived in harmony with nature.

National Artist Professor Karol Plicka

Martin Slivka

Karel Plicka, Karol Machata

A film portrait about Professor Karol Plicka, focusing on his films, photography and folklore work.

Ikony

Martin Slivka

A film about Slovak icons painted in the period of the late 15th to the early 19th centuries, when original Byzantine icon was ending in Slovak folk art.

Martin Jonáš

Martin Slivka, Mikuláš Ricotti

A portrait of a Slovak farmer living in Kovacica in Vojvodina, who is known for his naive art work.

Z ďaleka ideme, novinu nesieme

Martin Slivka

Odosobnení

Martin Slivka

Documentary illustrating the classic principles of Byzantine iconography on the examples of sixteen icons from a museum of ancient Greek art.

Posledná večera

Martin Slivka, Mikuláš Ricotti

The film shows the process of restoration of a Slovak Gothic wood-carving artwork of The Last Supper from Spisska Sobota, made by Master Paul of Levoca.

Balada v dreve

Martin Slivka

Film study of Slovak folk sculpture, composed in ballad form.