CER | Martin Sulik filmography

Key
MŠ: Martin Šulík Dir: director Scr: script Mus: music	Prod: production Orig: original idea Cam: camera Ed: editor

Feature films

Krajinka (Landscape, 2000)

Praha očima... (Prague Stories, 1998)

The "Obrázky z výletu" (Pictures from a Visit) chapter, with other sections directed by Michaela Pavlátová, Petr Václav, Artemio Benki and Vladimír Michálek

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Orbis Pictus (1997)

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Záhrada (The Garden, 1995)

Všetko, čo mám rád (Everything I Like, 1992)

Neha (Tenderness, 1991)

Colour, 35mm, 2966m, 104 min
Prod SFT—ŠKF Bratislava, Panorama Film; Dir MŠ; Scr MŠ and Ondrej Sulaj; Cam Martin Štrba; Mus Vlado Godár; Ed Dušan Milko
Cast: Mária Pakulnisová (Mária), Gejza Benkö (Šimon), György Cserhalmi (Viktor), Iva Bittová (Marta) and others.

Read Andrew James Horton's review in Kinoeye

Student films

Martin Šulík was a student of Bratislava's VŠMU (Vysoká Škola Medialnych Umení) studying film and television directing from 1981 to 1986.

Vešiak (Towerblock, 1981/82)

First-year animation exercise
b/w video, 4 mins
Dir, Scr, Cam MŠ

Posledná večera (Last Night, 1981/82)

End-of-year work, first year.
b/w video, 7 mins
Dir, Scr, Cam MŠ

Životopis (CV, 1981/82)

b/w video, 5 mins

Túlavý psík (Hobo Puppy, 1982/83)

Second-year excercise, creating a video for a song by Pavol Hammel.
b/w 16mm, 3 mins

Rozhovor (Conversation, 1982/83)

End-of-year work, second year. b/w 16mm, 10 minutes
Prod VŠMU; Dir and Scr MŠ; Cam Alojz Hanúsek and L Gažo; Mus GF Handel

Stretnutie na inzerát (Meeting by Ad, 1982/83)

Second-year exercise in camera and directing
Prod VŠMU; Dir, Scr, Cam and Cast: MŠ, J Johanides, Vlado Fischer

Dvor (The Courtyard, 1983/84)

A study of people desiring to cross over the boundaries of a courtyard which represses their inner desires.
Prod VŠMU; Dir MŠ, Scr MŠ; Cam Alojz Hanúsek; Mus Loccattelli
Cast: Zuzana Tatárová, Juraj Svoboda, Vlado Sadílek, Ján Sládeček and Marka Koryárová

Skon Paľa Ročku (The Death of Paľo Ročka, 1984/85)

A story revealing the social and moral changes in the Slovak countryside during the interwar period.
Video, 55 mins
Prod ČST Bratislava; Dir MŠ, Orig Božena Slančiková-Timrava; Scr Marián Zachar and MŠ; Cam Alojz Hanúsek; Mus Jozef Revallo
Cast: Ján Greššo (Paľo Ročka), Oľga Solárová (Eva), Milan Kiš (Pišta Dzvon), Jozef Krivička (Vendel) and others.

Staccato (1985/86)

A film about a simple boy's search for music in all aspects of life.
Graduation film, b/w, 1075m, Prod SFT—ŠKF Bratislava, Koliba; Dir MŠ; Scr Marián Zachar and MŠ; Cam Alojz Hanúsek; Mus JS Bach and Vlado Godár
Cast: Martin Hrebeň (Samo), Anna Javorková (mother), Danial Hrebeň (violinist)

Prizes:
Pelayo Prize for the best short film, IFF Gijone 1987
Roda do Nabao Prize (for achievement by young artist up to 26 years of age),
8th IFF for children and young people, Tomaro 1987
Audience Prize for the most successful film, Karlovy Vary 1987
Public Prize, 11th Henri Langlois International Film Conference, Tours 1987
Little Golden Sun, Trutnov 1987

Short films

Between 1986 and 1991, Šulík was assistant director at the Bratislava Štúdio krátkych filmov (Short Film Studio).

Maličky som... (I'm Little..., 1988)

10 mins. Prod Kinožurnal (December, 1998); Dir and Scr MŠ; Cam Martin Štrba; Ed Mária Lamačková

Ticho (Silence, 1988)

12 mins. Prod SFT—ŠKF Bratislava; Dir and Scr MŠ; Cam Alojz Hanúsek Zoltan Weigl; Ed Roman Varga; Mus Vlado Godár.

Hurá (Hurrah, 1989)

Prod SFT—ŠKF Bratislava; Dir and Scr MŠ; Orig Alojz Paldan; Cam Martin Štrba; Ed Dušan Milko; Mus Martin Burlas.

Prizes:
Gold Medal for the best documentary film from 1989 to 1990 in the category of reporting and documentary films at the Czech and Slovak Film Days, Bratislava 1990.

Etika a politika (Ethics and Politics, 1990)

Colour, 35mm, 441m Prod SFT Bratislava, Koliba, Alef; Dir and Scr MŠ; Cam Martin Štrba; Ed Dušan Milko

Zem—voda—vzduch (Earth—Water—Air, 1990)

Colour, video, 10 mins
Prod SFT Bratislava, Koliba, Alef; Dir and Scr MŠ; Cam Martin Štrba; Ed Dušan Milko.

Works for TV

Dosky (Boards, 1987)

Documentary film about the work of Jozef Ciller.
Video, 25 mins
Dir and Scr MŠ, Cam Jiří Fojtík; Mus Jiří Stivín; Ed Siloš Pohanka

Stolička (Chair, 1989)

Documentary film about the work of Jozef Ciller.
16mm, 25 mins
Dir and Scr MŠ, Cam Jiří Fojtík; Mus Jiří Stivín; Ed Siloš Pohanka

Monológ Nikitu Michalkova (Nikita Mikhalkov's Monologue, 1990)

An account of Mikhalkov's visit to Prague.
16mm, 25 mins
Dir and Scr MŠ; Cam Martin Červenka

Don Kichot z Krivjan (The Don Quixote of Krivjany, 1993)

A documentary film about rural teacher, collector and expert in folk culture Ján Lazorík. Prod STV Košice; Dir MŠ; Scr Štefan Oľha and MŠ; Cam Eduard Jasaň

Obrázky zo súkromia (Pictures of Privacy, 1997)

A portait of the Banská Bystrica writer Juraj Kuniak
Video, 17 mins
Dir MŠ: Scr MŠ and Juraj Kuniak; Cam Martin Štrba; Ed Štefan Švec

Zabíjačka (Slaughter, 1999)

A bittersweet look at the life of an older married couple—a father and mother—full of feuds, regrets, memories but also sorrow for their son Jožko.
Dir MŠ; Orig František Lipták; Scr Dušan Dušek; Cam Peter Benczik
Cast: Marián Labuda (father), Viera Topinková (mother), Lukáš Latiniák (Jozko), Oľga Vronská (grandmother).

This filmography appears by kind permission of the Slovak Film Institute. It is a translated version of one that appears in Svet v pohyblivých obrazoch Martin Šulíka (The World in the Moving Pictures of Martin Šulík, 2000), the first in a new imprint—Camera Obscura—published by the Institute.

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