Archive of films Ilja / Ilja

Slovak Republic
2010, 30 min

Section: 2012: A Musical Odyssey
Year: 2011

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.

Synopsis

About the director

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
Tel: +421 903 229 446, +421 907454257
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.sentimentalfilm.com

About the film

Color, DIGIBETA
International premiere

Section:	2012: A Musical Odyssey

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

Guests

Pavel Klusák

Freelance journalist

Marek Urban

Producer

Ivan Ostrochovský

Film Director, Producer