Ilja Zeljenka Movies

Set in Bratislava, university friends Turo and Andrey are paralyzed by existential dread under the shadow of the Cold War and the threat of nuclear...

Vlado, an intelligent boy living in a small village, has fantasies that take him away from his humdrum life. But as the Nazi occupation begins to...

A satirical look at today's times.

Oldrich "Fajolo" Fajták (Marián Bielik), a student who directs quasi-existentialist verbal abuse at his girlfriend Bela...

A film adaptation of the novelette of the same title written by Dominik Tatarka depicts the life of a young generation of artists that was formed in...

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

This is a ballad about love, hate, and a search for a way out of loneliness. It is a dramatic story about the strange potter, Martin Leaps, nicknamed...

The boys find a Turkish chess machine in the museum's storerooms and win a magic crystal with which they can subdue objects to their will. A doll, a...

A contemporary story about the emotional maturation of fifteen-year-olds, their relationships with school and their future profession. A secret group...

Set in 1960s Bratislava, the film follows a cynical, thirty-year-old architect named Andrej who unexpectedly falls deeply in love with Vanda, a...

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the...

A documentary picture of the coexistence of man and nature. Footage of one year in the life of Ľudovít Čonka and his wife, who are...

A girl is transformed into a maple tree by her impulsive and angry mother. Three poor wandering musicians come by the tree and create instruments...