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1. The Apple of Knowledge (Jablko poznania)
Vlastimil Herold | 1955 | 4 minutes
A playful advertising film, reminiscent of 1950s advertisements showing what true Eden looks like for Eve – when Adam doesn’t help with the housework.
2. Model of Marriage (Model manželstva)
Jozef Zachar | 1966 | 14 minutes
A witty collage animation, using visual symbolism and advertising slogans, captures the trials and joys of everyday married life.
3. Earth (Zem)
Viktor Kubal | 1966 | 8 minutes
A peasant tends the soil. From a molehill, he unearths technological progress. Railways, highways, and machines soon emerge... and the once-fertile land yields beneath the weight of merciless advancement.
4. The Statue (Socha)
Jaroslava Havettová | 1969 | 7 minutes
A sculptor, torn between self-talk and the desire to find the statue within the stone, chips away at its raw surface, riding an emotional rollercoaster. Does he possess the Michelangelo-like talent for such an act of liberation?
5. Cinema (Kino)
Viktor Kubal | 1977 | 7 minutes
A cinema in the city draws film-hungry crowds, lining up eagerly for screenings of slapstick comedies, westerns, horrors, and even a touch of arthouse erotica. But when the insatiable local audience grows weary of traditional film programming, alternative content takes the stage.
6. The Town on the Danube (Mesto na Dunaji)
Rudolf Urc | 1985 | 7 minutes
An animated city symphony contrasts contemporary Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, with its past – from Roman times to the second half of the 20th century. Vedutas alternate with photographs of the city’s iconic buildings, while the striking tower and department store clocks rhythmically link the passage of time to the flow of the Danube.
7. If I Were a Bird... (Keby som bol vtáčkom...)
Ondrej Slivka | 1986 | 8 minutes
A murder of crows, harbingers of death, circles over the barren digital wasteland, carrying a grim warning of the end of life on Earth. The doomsday clock is ticking – will all that’s left of us be mere museum exhibits and pages of encyclopedias?
- Runtime55 minutes
- CountrySlovakia, Czechoslovakia
- DirectorVlastimil Herold, Jozef Zachar, Viktor Kubal, Jaroslava Havettová, Rudolf Urc, Ondrej Slivka
1. The Apple of Knowledge (Jablko poznania)
Vlastimil Herold | 1955 | 4 minutes
A playful advertising film, reminiscent of 1950s advertisements showing what true Eden looks like for Eve – when Adam doesn’t help with the housework.
2. Model of Marriage (Model manželstva)
Jozef Zachar | 1966 | 14 minutes
A witty collage animation, using visual symbolism and advertising slogans, captures the trials and joys of everyday married life.
3. Earth (Zem)
Viktor Kubal | 1966 | 8 minutes
A peasant tends the soil. From a molehill, he unearths technological progress. Railways, highways, and machines soon emerge... and the once-fertile land yields beneath the weight of merciless advancement.
4. The Statue (Socha)
Jaroslava Havettová | 1969 | 7 minutes
A sculptor, torn between self-talk and the desire to find the statue within the stone, chips away at its raw surface, riding an emotional rollercoaster. Does he possess the Michelangelo-like talent for such an act of liberation?
5. Cinema (Kino)
Viktor Kubal | 1977 | 7 minutes
A cinema in the city draws film-hungry crowds, lining up eagerly for screenings of slapstick comedies, westerns, horrors, and even a touch of arthouse erotica. But when the insatiable local audience grows weary of traditional film programming, alternative content takes the stage.
6. The Town on the Danube (Mesto na Dunaji)
Rudolf Urc | 1985 | 7 minutes
An animated city symphony contrasts contemporary Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, with its past – from Roman times to the second half of the 20th century. Vedutas alternate with photographs of the city’s iconic buildings, while the striking tower and department store clocks rhythmically link the passage of time to the flow of the Danube.
7. If I Were a Bird... (Keby som bol vtáčkom...)
Ondrej Slivka | 1986 | 8 minutes
A murder of crows, harbingers of death, circles over the barren digital wasteland, carrying a grim warning of the end of life on Earth. The doomsday clock is ticking – will all that’s left of us be mere museum exhibits and pages of encyclopedias?
- Runtime55 minutes
- CountrySlovakia, Czechoslovakia
- DirectorVlastimil Herold, Jozef Zachar, Viktor Kubal, Jaroslava Havettová, Rudolf Urc, Ondrej Slivka
