Ivan Martinac

A meditation on transience composed through juxtaposition of sun-bathed exteriors of Split and dark interiors, landscapes of the city and close-ups of human faces, movements and stillness, the material and the spiritual.

Documentary about the life and work of Ivan Martinac (1938-2005), avant-garde & experimentalist filmmaker from Split, Croatia.

Short film by Martinac.

Short film by Martinac.

Experimental film by Ivan Martinac.

Experimental film by Ivan Martinac.

A meditation on transience composed through juxtaposition of sun-bathed exteriors of Split and dark interiors, landscapes of the city and close-ups of human faces, movements and stillness, the material and the spiritual.

A meditation on transience composed through juxtaposition of sun-bathed exteriors of Split and dark interiors, landscapes of the city and close-ups of human faces, movements and stillness, the material and the spiritual.

Experimental film by Ivan Martinac.

Experimental film by Ivan Martinac.

Way Out is dedicated to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Way Out is dedicated to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Experimental short.

Experimental short.

A film about the dominance of time and space over a human being. A poetic reflection on the transience of material life characterized by a Mediterranean ambience, contemplation, mosaic structure, and repetitive editing patterns.

Eminently a montage film, Monologue on Split is Martinac’s cinematic manifest.

Experimental short.

Experimental short.

"Exile" is a religious parable on death and dying, contrasting the burning of an old ship with images of a woman dying in a dark interior, and a suggestion of redemption in the images of city covered by snow.

Short experimental 16mm film.

Short experimental 16mm film.

The Focus is the film about easy death on the Mediterranean sun.

The Focus is the film about easy death on the Mediterranean sun.

A short avantgarde film by Ivan Martinac.

A short avantgarde film by Ivan Martinac.

Experimental short by Ivan Martinac.