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Firebird

(LogLine) Once Upon Today, Father of the Motherland wants to marry Firebird to stay immortal.

(Synopsis) Once upon a time, there was a Firebird, who was caught and caged by the Father of the Motherland. To free herself, sha laid him the egg of immortality from his seed. She lost her feathers and hid deep in the woods, weaving lace from snowflakes. Once upon today, the Father of the Motherland saw her lace on TikTok and waged a war to find and marry her. Dancing at the wedding, Lacemaker turned back into the firebird and burned the citadel down.

  • Irina Patkanian
    Director
  • Marion Schoevaert
    Director
  • Irina Patkanian
    Writer
  • Nilou Safinya
    Producer
  • Ksena Samborska
    Key Cast
    "Firebird"
    Masha
  • Yevgenia Nayberg
    Lead Artist
  • Maxim Dondyuk
    Photography
  • Marion Schoevaert
    Production Designer / Lead Artist
  • Masha Yukhananov
    Animator
  • Jennah Camara
    Animator
  • Anna Carolina Bastos
    Sound Design
  • Vlada Tomova
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    fairytale, war
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    60,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine, United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, Ukraine, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Irina Patkanian, Marion Schoevaert

Irina Patkanian is an award-winning filmmaker, a Fulbright scholar, Professor of Film and Media Arts at Brooklyn College/CUNY, and the co-founder of In Parentheses, Inc. Irina Patkanian makes hybrid (fiction/nonfiction) films questioning history with poetry, memory with animation, performance with behavior. Irina’s films have screened at 150+ film festivals worldwide, incl. DOC NYC, Ann Arbor, STARZ Denver, Palm Springs, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and many others, winning 20+ awards. Her work has been supported by fellowships and grants from NYSCA, NYFA, Made in New York, Tow, Blaustein, Troy and Jerome Foundations; as well as artist residencies at the Obermann Center, MacDowell, the Millay Arts, Ucross Foundation and the Art Studios of Key West.

Marion Schoevaert has been developing her own style of physical theater for 25 years in New York, Seoul and France. She has directed, produced and choreographed more than twenty theater shows, operas and shadow plays, blending dance-theater, rhythmic text and live music. She works with artists from all disciplines and genres: painting, video, jazz, tango, hip hop, sports, martial arts, propaganda, graffiti, etc. to create visceral and raw emotional response from both actors and audiences.
Marion Schoevaert has created collages for 33 Young People’s Concerts with the New York Philharmonic. She has produced the successful Koltès New York Festival (7 plays) in New York and has directed a North Korean mass dance propaganda play with 2 orchestras and 100 actors, blending North and South Korean texts, music and style together. She has created 3 theatre companies in New York, Seoul and France.

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