Twenty-year-old Šimon moves out of his parents´ house to start his journey of self-discovery. Soon, he meets Viktor and Mária who draw his into their complicated relationship, maintained on the border of tenderness and cruelty. Once he knows more about their past, he learns to understand them better.

A drama about a legendary rebellion of Slovak troops of the 71st regiment who rise against the officers of the Austro-Hungarian army stationed in the Serbian town of Kragujevac during World War One. The film is an open criticism of the absurdity of military conflicts and an expression of spontaneous resistance against aggression and violence. The story also pays homage to all those who found the courage to oppose the war regardless of the consequences and revolt against its ruthless and inhuman nature.

The Man Who Lies (1968)
A film built on constant confrontation of truth and lies, reality and pretension, the word and the image. The protagonist is a stranger who arrives in a small Slovak town. He mystifies the locals with his engaging, though often quite unbelievable stories about the hero of the resistance movement, gaining the admiration and affection of several women in the process. Jean-Louis Trintignant won the Best Actor award at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1968.

Eden and After (1970)
Café Eden is the meeting place of a group of bored, apathetic students. One night, a stranger walks in and lures them into a strange game. He takes them away to an exotic land far away after giving all of them some psychotropic substance with the effect that they lose the ability of telling the difference between illusions and reality. They become witnesses and participants of acts of sexual aggression and violence, all of which may be real just as well as drug-induced fantasies.

Vivid portraits of old people from the Slovak regions of Liptov and Orava, who live in inner freedom despite the surrounding civilizational chaos. Inspired by the photographs of Martin Martinček, Dušan Hanák used his genuine sensitivity in his portrayal of his truly unique characters, their original attitudes to life, and their admirable innocence.

A lyrical story about a man whose life reflects the annual, endlessly repeating cycle of nature. With the onset of spring he becomes a child again, in summer he matures to adulthood and in autumn, the period of commencing ol age, he slowly loses his vigour. At lenght, he retires for the winter far from civilisation, to a distant shepherd´s hut, where he sleeps until the new year and, thereby, his rebirth.

This collection of nine documentaries made by film director Martin Slivka presents an overview of his work in the period of the years 1963 – 1973, bringing some of the most significant films made by this great Slovak filmmaker and ethnologist during his professional career. The wide range of subjects includes all the main areas, which Martin Slivka focused on systematically and consistently during his admiringly fruitful creative life, mainly art, folklore, and traditional culture. The presented films doubtlessly represent some of the artistically most valuable renderings of these themes not only in the context of Martin Slivka’s films, but also in the history of Slovak cinema as such.

A parody of frankensteinian stories. It is a story about a little boy, and orphan who arrives at the castle of Count Frankenstein – a world inhabited by mysterious and sometimes a bit ridiculous scary creatures. Although each one of them is different, they all share one thing: they feel lonely and they are desperate for a little love and affection.

A fairy-tale about good, wise Lady Winter who uses magic to make snow, and brave Jakub who was not afraid even of death. It is a story about the eternal strife for happiness, understanding and love, about overcoming hardships and defeating evil. It is also a condemnation of envy, greed and the desire to become rich quickly and by unrighteous means.

A fairy-tale about the beautiful and proud princess Anna, who rejects all her suitors until her father loses his patience and decides to marry her to the first vagabond who shows up and asks for her hand in marriage and the kingdom to rule. Her marriage with a poor man, a simple life, hard work and love teach the stubborn princess how to love and forgive.