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
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Levin DiatschenkoDirectorChildren of Tombs, Once Upon a Highway
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Levin DiatschenkoWriter
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Levin A. DiatschenkoProducer
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Kadek HobmanKey Cast"Milorad Lukashenko"
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Gokhan CanAnimator
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Lukas BendelSound
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Gokhan CanSound editing
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Mitchell WilliamsSound editing
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Feature
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Genres:Romance, adventure, fantasy, surrealism
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Runtime:1 hour 4 minutes 26 seconds
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Completion Date:October 26, 2018
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Production Budget:2,100 USD
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Country of Origin:Australia
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Country of Filming:Australia
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:digital, animation
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Darwin International Film FestivalDarwin
Australia
September 24, 2019
Australian Premier
Official Selection -
Southern Cone International Film FestivalValparaiso
Chile
May 25, 2019
World Premiere
Official Selection -
Maracay International Film FestivalMaracay
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Author, playwright, film artist, muso, performance artist and mystic.
https://levindiatschenko.wordpress.com/
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.