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Magic Song

Film and soundtrack Magic song is dedicated to the Ukrainian culture and musical tradition. It is aimed to connect different cultures and music styles: Ukrainian, Cuban, Russian, American, Venezuelan, Colombian and others. Based on the Ukrainian folk chant "Shchedryk - Carol of the Bells", the “MAGIC SONG”, is a short experimental film and music video utilizing the unique technique of sand animation.

A little girl is anticipating a miracle to happen on New Year's holidays. She is happy and excited. On a frozen glass she paints her Holidays wishes which she shares with her magic cat Shurik. Getting ready for a miracle night, she gets tired and falls in sleep. In a dream, the girl sees that a Wizard drops a magic box for her. Unfortunately she missed an important sign on the box “Open when times comes”. She opened the box before that time and saw the cookies in a shape of musical instruments but all of them instantly disappeared.

The Fairy from a “Sandy Land” comes to help a little girl. She calls her friends-musicians who played a “Magic Song” for a girl. With the help of musicians, Fairy and the girl travel to magical sand lands in search of magic cookies. On their way, there are musicians who, through their music, help to return the disappeared cookies. And some even go into space, because magic music is limitless. In the spaceship lead by the Musician-Commander and Magic Cat Shurik they find the missing cookies and return them to the girl with greetings. Everything worked out! The girl wakes up to find a magic box on the table. When opening it, she remembers what the good fairy told her, - Believe in miracles and miracles will happen! The box was filled with cookies and it was the best gift for the girl, because now she knows - you need to believe in miracles.

  • Terry Heimat
    Director
  • Alex Sino
    Writer
  • Alex Sino
    Producer
  • Al Di Meola
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • Leonid Agutin
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • Amaury Gutierrez
    Key Cast
    "Himself"
  • Svetlana Telbukh
    Key Cast
    "Fairy"
  • Nastya Kutsenko
    Key Cast
    "Little Girl"
  • Shurik The Magic Cat
    Key Cast
    "The Magic Cat"
  • Ed Calle
    Key Cast
    "Babbo Natale "
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Music Video
  • Genres:
    Animation, Music Video
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 57 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 10, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    12,758 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
  • Country of Filming:
    China, Germany, Ukraine, United States
  • Language:
    English, Russian, Ukrainian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Dispatches of War International Film Festival
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    March 8, 2023
    Awards: Best Music Video and Best Film made by cinema artists of Ukrainian origin living abroad”
  • Balloted at the Latin Grammy Award
    Miami
    United States
    July 20, 2022
    Consideration for Nomination
Distribution Information
  • Warner Music Group/ADA/Latin
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
    Country: Worldwide
Director Biography - Terry Heimat

Maestro Terry Heimat (artistic name of Taras Kutsenko)
Director, Composer, Arranger and Conductor, Ukraine/ China Native of Ukraine, Taras began to study conducting with his father, conductor Vitaly Kutsenko - the traditions of the Leningrad School of conducting (N. Rabinowitz, Sherman) and Kyiv School (H. Rachlin). He studied at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory - class of trumpet Professor V. Novikov and class of conducting Professor L. Nikolaev. Taras is a Winner of the international contests of the wind instruments and international awards of the composition and sound. In 2003 for his music for theatre productions and movies, he became a Winner of prestigious theatrical “Seagull” award. In 2013 Maestro Kutsenko founded the Kharkiv Virtuosi Sloboda Orchestra. With this team he participated in the projects of Francis Goya, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, Trebyut of the ENIGMA and METALIKA groups. Since 2018 - Maestro Kutsenko is a Professor of the Zhangjiajie University China. In 2018, Maestro Kutsenko founded the Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra, Hunan, China,
which he currently leads.

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Director Statement

MAGIC SONG:
In the dark days of your life, you need a bright music.
Be ready for a magic journey full of light, wonder and enchantment.