Martinac

"“If you have a need for film – you should be given film; if you don’t – you should be forbidden from watching it. Films are made for people who need them, for whom film helps, who are kept alive by film.” – Martinac This documentary offers a portrait of poet and filmmaker Ivan Martinac (1937–2004), exploring his complex artistic personality and life journey. In a dynamic rhythm, testimonies from contemporaries, friends, and collaborators intertwine with excerpts from his films and scenes from cities that marked his life, such as Belgrade and Split. The film analyzes the influences that shaped Martinac as a filmmaker, with a focus on his creative legacy within the “Split school of film” and his importance to Croatian experimental cinema."

• Alternative FilmVideo, Beograd, 2015.• 25. dani hrvatskog filma, 2016.• 16. međunarodni festival filma i umjetnosti "I mille Occhi", Trst, 2017.