kviff.com
News
Festival Guide
  • Tickets and Festival Pass
  • Accommodations
  • Transportation
  • Festival cinemas
  • No Barriers project
  • Kids at the festival
  • Festival Shop
Program
  • Catalogue of films
  • Accompanying programme
  • Archive of films
  • Audience award
  • KVIFF Talks
  • Film Entry
Film Industry
  • Industry accreditation
  • Film Industry at KVIFF
  • Industry Days Programme
  • KVIFF Eastern Promises
  • KVIFF Talents
Press
  • Press accreditation
  • Press Service
  • For download
  • Press releases
  • Photogallery
  • Videogallery
About the festival
  • Festival description
  • Programme sections
  • Awards
  • History
  • We support non-profits
  • Photogallery
  • Partners
  • Why We Support the Festival
  • Contacts
CZ
Sign in
Film Archive

Ilja

2012: A Musical Odyssey 2011 / Ilja / Slovak Republic 2010

The organism of music, the organism of the composer: can one serve as a metaphor for the other? Intrepid composer Ilja Zeljenka was Slovakia’s leading name in film music. This half-hour piece, both lyrical contemplation and valuable testimony, is chiefly structured around his music and interviews conducted shortly before his death.

Ilja

Synopsis

The organism of music, the organism of the composer: can one serve as a metaphor for the other? Intrepid composer Ilja Zeljenka was Slovakia’s leading name in film music. This half-hour piece, both lyrical contemplation and valuable testimony, is chiefly structured around his music and interviews conducted shortly before his death.

About the film

30 min / Color, DIGIBETA
International premiere

Director Ivan Ostrochovský / Screenplay Ivan Ostrochovský, Marek Leščak / Dir. of Photography Ivan Ostrochovský, Palo Pekarčík / Music Tobias Potocny, Ilja Zeljenka / Editor Maroš Šlapeta, Zuzana Cséplo, Palo Pekarčík / Producer Marek Urban / Production Sentimentalfilm s. r. o. / Contact sentimentalfilm

About the director

Ivan Ostrochovský

Ivan Ostrochovský (b. 1972, Žilina, Slovakia) graduated from Bratislava’s Academy of Performing Arts. His documentary work includes Screenplay for a Documentary Film (Scenár k dokumentárnemu filmu, 2001) and The Lesser Evil (Menšie zlo, 2004). He was involved as coproducer on the documentaries Matchmaking Mayor (Nesvatbov, 2010, dir. Erika Hníková) and As Far as the Town of Aš (Až do mesta Aš, 2010, dir. Iveta Grofová).

Contacts

sentimentalfilm
Špitálská 20, 811 08, Bratislava
Slovakia
Phone: +421 903 229 446, +421 907454257
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Pavel Klusák
Freelance journalist

Marek Urban
Producer

Ivan Ostrochovský
Co-producer

Other partners
Newsletter

First-hand brews throughout the year.
Be among the first to learn about upcoming events and other news. We only send the newsletter when we have something to say.

Follow us on the web:

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
is part of the KVIFF Group family, which covers other projects as well:

© 2025 KVIFF GROUP

Rules for Visitors / Website visitors privacy policy / GTC / Personal Data Protection / Rules for Claim / Rules and Regulations / Contacts