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Marko Škop

Slovaquie

Biographie

Marko Škop graduated from Journalism at the Farculty of Philosophy of Commenius University in Bratislava in 1996 and Documentary Film Directing at the Academy of Musical Arts (VŠMU) in Bratislava in 2001. Since then he has been working as an assistant lecturer at the Department of Journalism (Commenius University). He is a member of LITA – an organization protecting copyrights, for its section of televison directors. He has produced documentaries for Slovak State Television (STV), Markíza TV (private commercial TV) and for italian RAI. His documentary films Celebration of a Lonely Palm and Other Worlds have been produced in cooperation with the Czech State Televison.

Filmography:

Rómsky dom (33´, SR, 2001)
Slavnost osamelej palmy/ The Celebration of a Lonely Palm (39´, SR, 2005)
Ine svety/ Other Worlds (70´, ČR/SR, 2006)
Osadne (65´, ČR/SR, 2009)

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Celebration of a Lonely Palm

Slávnosť osamelej palmy (Orig.) / 2005 / Slovaquie / 39 min

This documentary film pays tribute to Elo Havetta (1838-1975), a solitary director, an author of only two feature films (Celebration in the Botanical Garden, and Wild Lilies) that belong to the best Slovak cinema. At their time they brought playfulness and spontaneity, on which the authors of the documentary base their happening - a journey to the director s grave in the search for his legacy.

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Autres mondes

Iné svety (Orig.) / 2006 / Slovaquie / 75 min

Dans un coin oriental de l'Union européenne, la région de Sharish, six héros se rencontrent. Des Rusins, des Juifs, des Roms, des habitants du Sharish…

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