Martin Slivka - “The Man Who Planted Trees”
Documentary Films - Out of Competition 2007 / Martin Slivka - „muž, ktorý sadil stromy“ / Slovak Republic 2007
A colourful portrait of one of the most important figures in Slovak cinematography Martin Slivka, comprising recollections from his family, friends and colleagues and richly interwoven with footage from the family archive and excerpts from Slivka’s films.
Synopsis
A colourful portrait of one of the most important figures in Slovak cinematography Martin Slivka, comprising recollections from his family, friends and colleagues and richly interwoven with footage from the family archive and excerpts from Slivka’s films.
About the film
90 min / Color, BETA SP
International premiere
Director Martin Šulík
/ Screenplay Ingrid Mayerová, Rudolf Urc, Martin Šulík
/ Dir. of Photography Richard Krivda
/ Music bratři Muchovi / Mucha brothers, Stanislav Palúch
/ Editor Alena Spustová
/ Producer Patrik Pašš
/ Production Trigon Production s.r.o.
/ Contact Trigon Production s.r.o.
About the director
Martin Šulík (b. 1962) studied at Bratislava’s Academy of Performing Arts. After several documentary films he debuted with the poetic feature film Tenderness (Neha, 1991), which immediately classed him as one of the most fascinating Slovak directors from the younger generation. He reinforced and developed the lyrical, ironic tone and distinctive visual style of his debut work in the extremely well received films Everything I Like (Všetko, čo mám rád, 1992), The Garden (Záhrada, 1995 – numerous awards, including a Czech Lion for Best Film and Direction), Orbis Pictus (1997) and in the story from the coproduction compilation film Prague Stories (Praha očima…, 1999). He made the film Landscape (Krajinka) in 2000. His most recent feature film is The City of the Sun (Sluneční stát, 2005), screened in the main competition at Karlovy Vary. In 2003 the KV festival’s Czech Film section presented his remarkable documentary about Pavel Juráček The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Journey of Lemuel Gulliver (Klíč k určování trpaslíků aneb Poslední cesta Lemuela Gullivera).
Contacts
Trigon Production s.r.o.
Hribová 9, 821 05, Bratislava
Slovakia
Fax: +421 2 444 566 73
E-mail: mclaren@trigon-production.sk
Guests
Martin Šulík
Film Director
