The Swan from the Suite „Animal Carnival”

The film inspired by classical music was made using animation in friable matter. Following the rhythm of the music, a dancing girl is transformed into a swan, which flutters its wing and soars up to the sky. After a while, the swan becomes a dancing girl again. In the end the swan and the girl intermingle with each other, united in motion and gesture.

THE SWAN from the Suite „Animal Carnival”
Directed, screenplay, artwork, animated and editing by Aleksandra Korejwo
Music composed by Camille Saint-Saëns
Music performed by Polish Radio Orchestra – Warszawa conducted by Jan Pruszak
Photography by Krzysztof Szyszka
Sound by Mieczysław Janik
Produced by Maria Dziekańska
Animation in friable matter, 35 mm, colour, 96 m, 03:30′, format 4:3
Date of production: 15.02.1991 © TV SFA-TVP SA

AWARDS:
DIPLOMA for the film direction, International Festival of Animated Films for Children – Biennial of Animation BAB’99, Bratislava, Slovakia / 1999
PRESS AWARD – „MY OSCARS” granted by Professor Marek Hendrykowski: „Aleksandra Korejwo from the Television Studio of Animation Films – for achievements in film animation in particular for the film “The Swan”, Poznań, Poland / 1992
SPECIAL PRIZE for perfect transposition of music into pictures, 12th National Festival of Films for Children and Young People, Poznań, Poland / 1992
AWARD FOR ANIMATION for the year 1990, Association of Polish Filmmakers / 1992
GRAND PRIX for the best animation film under 10 minutes in length, The Second Shanghai International Animation Film Festival, Shanghai, China / 1992