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The Undying Swan

A down and out adventurer gets a job reading fortunes in the carpets he cleans. One rug leads him to Belgrade where he falls for a ballerina whose lovers have all ended up dead and haunting her plumbing.

Selected in 8 festivals (2019) and one special mention.

Writer/Director: Levin A. Diatschenko
Animation: Gokhan Can

Voice Actors:
Kadek Hobman as Milorad Pavic
Jack Tinapple as all other male parts
Ciela Lee Williams as all female parts

Theme Composed by Mitchel Williams & arranged by Francis Diatschenko
Performed by Eamon McNelis
Addition trumpet: Casey Nicholson

  • Levin Diatschenko
    Director
    Children of Tombs, Once Upon a Highway
  • Levin Diatschenko
    Writer
  • Levin A. Diatschenko
    Producer
  • Kadek Hobman
    Key Cast
    "Milorad Lukashenko"
  • Gokhan Can
    Animator
  • Lukas Bendel
    Sound
  • Gokhan Can
    Sound editing
  • Mitchell Williams
    Sound editing
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Feature
  • Genres:
    Romance, adventure, fantasy, surrealism
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 4 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 26, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    2,100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital, animation
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Darwin International Film Festival
    Darwin
    Australia
    September 24, 2019
    Australian Premier
    Official Selection
  • Southern Cone International Film Festival
    Valparaiso
    Chile
    May 25, 2019
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Maracay International Film Festival
    Maracay
    Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Director Biography - Levin Diatschenko

Author, playwright, film artist, muso, performance artist and mystic.
https://levindiatschenko.wordpress.com/

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Director Statement

To Whom It May Concern,
Please enjoy this work of love, my first feature done with next to no budget. I’ve called it a ‘horroromance’ and there are many unique and beautiful features to this movie. One is it’s stylistic yet very simple 2D animation, not often used in a feature-length. The other is the script, which is part surrealist poetry, part love letter, part novel-told-in-film. The closest novelist to compare is Milorad Pavic, the great Serbian poet (Dictionary of The Khazars, etc.)
I was also lucky to have three charismatic actors to bring this film to the next level.
Have a quick look at the preview to see what I mean!
Thanks,
Levin.