Ivan Martinac

Experimental short.

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

"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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Short film by Martinac.

Short film by Martinac.

Experimental film by Ivan Martinac.

Experimental film by Ivan Martinac.

Short experimental 16mm film.

Short experimental 16mm film.

An experiment with 'anti-language' in detail (in composition, in changing plans, in exposition, etc.). Proof that the general rhythm and those miraculous 'pixels' that are not seen in the projection really mean a lot, if not everything.

An experiment with 'anti-language' in detail (in composition, in changing plans, in exposition, etc.). Proof that the general rhythm and those miraculous 'pixels' that are not seen in the projection really mean a lot, if not everything.

An archaeologist returns from Spain. Living alone, he goes about his daily rituals. A haunting leads to tragedy, raising further questions of the man’s life.

An archaeologist returns from Spain. Living alone, he goes about his daily rituals. A haunting leads to tragedy, raising further questions of the man’s life.

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

Experimental short by Ivan Martinac.

Experimental short by Ivan Martinac.

Experimental short.

Experimental short.

Experimental short.

Experimental short.

Creating mystical cinematic supernovas through elaborate cutting techniques.

Documentary on the construction of the Croatian A1 motorway

Meštrović (Exaltation of Matter), is a short film directed by Ivan Martinac, recorded in the production of Kino Club Split. He filmed it provoked by the teasing of Belgrade moviegoers who claimed that “mostly eating and drinking is done in the Split cinema club”, which was not far from the truth. Still, the wounded pride and anger took their toll, and in 1960 he filmed his first “Split” film — Meštrović (The Exaltation of Matter) with which he succeeded. At the international film festival in Vienna, he received a UNICA bronze plaque, the first international award received by amateur cinematography in Yugoslavia at the time.

Meštrović (Exaltation of Matter), is a short film directed by Ivan Martinac, recorded in the production of Kino Club Split. He filmed it provoked by the teasing of Belgrade moviegoers who claimed that “mostly eating and drinking is done in the Split cinema club”, which was not far from the truth. Still, the wounded pride and anger took their toll, and in 1960 he filmed his first “Split” film — Meštrović (The Exaltation of Matter) with which he succeeded. At the international film festival in Vienna, he received a UNICA bronze plaque, the first international award received by amateur cinematography in Yugoslavia at the time.

Break-up flick.

The auteur's birthplace as seen through his camera.

The auteur's birthplace as seen through his camera.