Crystal Swan
(Khrustal)
Year: 2018
Country:
BELARUS, USA, GERMANY, RUSSIA
Language:
Russian
Run Time:
93 minutes
It’s 1996 in post-Soviet Belarus, and all Velya wants is to escape into her music. Cassette tapes and night clubs offer temporary relief, but her big dream is to become a world-class DJ in Chicago, the birthplace of the house music she lives and breathes. As her restlessness continues to grow in a homeland that doesn’t understand her, stylish and spunky Velya will do whatever it takes to get to the U.S., including lying, stealing, and filing a visa application with false information. After realizing the American consulate will contact the phone number she provided to verify her fake employment, Velya sets out on a desperate journey to track down the owner of the number before the consulate calls and her dreams are eternally shattered. Following Velya on her high-stakes mission, CRYSTAL SWAN holds a charming, nostalgic, and whimsical aesthetic that is truly one of a kind. (In English and Russian with subtitles) —G.S.
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Saturday, April 06, 2019 at 9:35 PM
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Competitions
George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition
Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
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Director
Darya Zhuk
Belarus-born award-winning film director Darya Zhuk has been obsessing about filmmaking long enough to see her short films selected to SXSW, Tarkovsky, Oaxaca, Atlanta, Palm Springs, Koroche, Santa Fe Independent film festivals just to name a few. She is a graduate of Columbia University MFA program in Directing. Darya lives and creates between Minsk and Brooklyn.
Filmography
CRYSTAL SWAN (2018)
Producer
Debbie Vandermeulen
Screenwriting
Helga Landauer
Cinematography
Carolina Costa
Editing
Sergey Dmitrenko, Michal Leszczylowski
Principal Cast
Alina Nassibulina, Ivan Mulin, Yury Borisov
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