CRYSTAL SWAN
by Darya Zhuk
synopsis
Young Evelina has a law degree, but her dream is to travel to the USA and earn a living as a professional DJ. But it’s 1997 and the girl is living in post-Soviet Minsk… This energetic debut from Belarusian director Darya Zhuk, pulsating to the rhythm of 90s house, is the opening film of this year’s East of the West competition.
| international title: | Crystal Swan |
| original title: | Khrustal |
| country: | Belarus, United States, Germany, Russia |
| year: | 2018 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Darya Zhuk |
| film run: | 93' |
| screenplay: | Helga Landauer, Darya Zhuk |
| cast: | Alina Nasibullina, Ivan Mulin, Anastasia Garvey, Ilya Kapanets, Yury Borisov, Lyudmila Razumova, Svetlana Anikey, Natalya Onishenko, Vyacheslav Shakalido |
| cinematography by: | Carolina Costa |
| film editing: | Sergey Dmitrenko, Michal Leszczylowski |
| art director: | Andrey Tolstik |
| producer: | Valery Dmitrotchenko, Birgit Gernböck, Olga Goister, Debbie Vandermeulen |
| co-producer: | Andrey Isachenko |
| executive producer: | Danny Gabai, Will McCance, Eddy Moretti, Dmitriy Osmerkin, Chris Schuman, Shane Smith, Bernie Stern |
| associate producer: | Katerina Tarbo-Ignatenko |
| production: | Demarsh-Film (BY), Unfound Content (US), Turnstyle TV LLC (us) |
