Garden, The
Záhrada · dir. Martin Šulík
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia 1995, 104’
Screenings
10/22, 22:00 · Kino Centrum
Jakub is a teacher, who lives in the city. One summer, his father sends him to their family mansion in the country. There he finds his grandfather’s journal, hidden inside a bed. This journal has been written backwards — same as Leonardo da Vinci’s journals. In an effort to familiarise with the family’s mansion and its surroundings, Jakub encounters many bizarre figures. All of them have names after philosophers of saints, and they also behave very much like them... Garden is a perfect representation of Šulik’s style of filmmaking that resembles a mystic fable. It is a tempting vision of the Biblical purity, mixed with strong alcohol and Monty Python-like pranks.
| Director: | Martin Šulík |
| Screenplay: | Martin Šulík, Marek Leščák, Ondrej Šula |
| Music: | Vladimír Godár |
| Cinematography: | Martin Štrba |
| Editing: | Dušan Mildo |
| Cast: | Roman Luknár, Marián Labuda, Zuzana Sulajová, Jana Svandová, Katarína Vrzalová |
| Awards: | MFF w Turynie / IFF in Turin – Specjalna Nagroda Jury / Special Prize of the Jury (1995); MFF w Karlowych Warach / IFF in Karlovy Vary – Specjalna Nagroda Jury, Nagroda Jury Ekumenicznego / Special Prize of the Jury, Ecumenical Film Prize (1995); Czeskie Lwy / Czech Lions – Nagroda Krytyków, Najlepsza Reżyserię, Najlepszy Scenariusz, Najlepszy Film / Critics Award for Best Directing, Best Screenplay, Best Film (1996) |
2013 Programme
- Downloadable programme
- Films from A to Z
- Opening gala
- ON AIR
- SHORTCUT
- FROM POLAND
- LOCALIZATIONS
- The Worlds of Ulrich Seidl – a retrospective
- Martin Šulík’s retrospective
- Forward!: Małgośka Szumowska
- Focus: Syria
- Phenomena: Bruce Lee
- Woman in Russian Cinema
- New Romanian Cinema
- Forum 2012/2013
- The Best of Sofia IFF
- The Best of Jameson CineFest
- 3 × Colombian Cinema
- Special screenings
- Open meetings with the guests of the festival
- Masterclasses
- Accompanying events