Davorin Marc

Between 2013 and 2023, Slovenian Cinematheque preserved and digitized 179 short films created on a tiny stretch of land between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea in the period of socialism (1945-1991), but mostly outside the prevailing state production. Today, we belatedly recognize these films as experimental and as an important, innovative part of the Slovenian film heritage, visible again for the first time after decades. The production of Alpe-Adria Underground! has radically accelerated efforts to preserve, digitize and restore this segment of Slovenian cinema.

14Reels is a collective film in Super 8, where 14 directors in 14 cities around the world have filmed and edited in camera one reel each on the theme of the city.

. . . . Rumene zore is a carefully crafted miniature in which he digitally mimics some of the analogue procedures from the past. If Marc’s analogue works from the 80s were post-punk, then the new ones could well be post-film!

. . . . Rumene zore is a carefully crafted miniature in which he digitally mimics some of the analogue procedures from the past. If Marc’s analogue works from the 80s were post-punk, then the new ones could well be post-film!

A super 8mm film by Davorin Marc.

We see: a mosaic of individual still frames. We hear: written words, converted to barcode, recorded from an optical 35mm sound track.

We see: a mosaic of individual still frames. We hear: written words, converted to barcode, recorded from an optical 35mm sound track.

A super 8mm film by Davorin Marc.

A super 8mm film by Davorin Marc.

A super 8mm film by Davorin Marc.

A super 8mm film by Davorin Marc.

Super8 post-punk film by Davorin Marc. Paura in citta does not only display a bold and powerful exploration of form and themes that seem to have occupied Marc throughout his oeuvre, the film is also a straightforward document of the spirit of the times and surroundings of its making.

A Yugoslavian (Slovenian) short animated film.

A super 8mm film by Davorin Marc.

Animation of still frames with sound.

We see the film title card on screen and sound is coming from the cinema, but the screen is black. The filmmaker hands a cellphone with video to two sitting in front of the crowd. The image of the film plays on the phone for those who can see it in the crowd as the audio comes through the cinema speakers.

We see the film title card on screen and sound is coming from the cinema, but the screen is black. The filmmaker hands a cellphone with video to two sitting in front of the crowd. The image of the film plays on the phone for those who can see it in the crowd as the audio comes through the cinema speakers.

Short 8mm experimental film.

We see: a mosaic, printed on self-adhesive transparent film, cut and stuck to the front and back sides of 35mm clear leader. We hear: a piece of text, converted into barcode, printed onto self-adhesive transparent film, cut and stuck to 35mm clear leader.

We see: a mosaic, printed on self-adhesive transparent film, cut and stuck to the front and back sides of 35mm clear leader. We hear: a piece of text, converted into barcode, printed onto self-adhesive transparent film, cut and stuck to 35mm clear leader.

A super 8mm film by Davorin Marc.

Piece for phone and movie screen.

An experimental animation of still frames.

Short avant-garde film.

Short avant-garde film.