Five Films of a Hand

If one does not approach every problem carefully and patiently, the failure is inevitable. The view through the window that offers nothing, if one does not wait, is another story about a man who does not have the patience to study the problem in detail and calmly for which there was a real solution. Because after a hasty step, of course wrong, that same window offers a different view. The blank wall is no longer there, of course only the one who knows how to approach things studiously and who knows how to be patient and calm can see that.

By giving letters and words a human spirit and character, an attempt has been made in an unusual way to clarify certain concepts and conditions of modern man.

Several people make an apartment so they can all live together in it, but when the apartment is ready, the system breaks down around a simple toilet.

Animation of 32 caricatures that were exhibited at the Seventh World Caricature Gallery in Skopje, as a solo exhibition by Miroslav Bartak from Czechoslovakia.

The eternal theme "every conflict strengthens borders" is presented with the help of the animation of numerous colored balls.

Life and human relationships are becoming more like one big circus. In fact, it's not always a circus within a circus, or something more about relationships between people.

Facade is Marković's first film after a ten-year break. The theme is political as a result of the refusal to accept a political idea to impose itself as something unified to which everyone must submit. According to the author, any unification of the world is defeatist, it is precisely the differences that make life beautiful.

A satirical depiction of the national dance "Teškoto" in which the syndrome of mutual human destruction is inserted.

The film is made with animation of balls in different colors. It depicts man, his character, i.e. his suggestibility, persuasiveness, his influence on other people. The problem is in human integrity and the struggle for its preservation.

The life energy, which guides man through life, is metaphorically represented through a hand. With the end of the life of the hand, the human dies.

Man constantly comes into conflict with the arrow as a symbol of everyday orientation and pointing. In the direction of the arrow comes birth, but also death.

Several animated sketches by the hand of Macedonian animator Darko Markovikj.

The film is dedicated to the VI World Gallery of Caricatures - Skopje '74, on the theme "Stop". Several hundred caricaturists from around the world, with their satirical messages, indicate where a person should stop in order for humanity to move forward. The film uses caricatures by authors who participated in the VI World Gallery of Caricatures.