An animated short exploring the fate of the Khazar people through the eyes of their conquerors, inspired by Milorad Pavić's novel Dictionary of the Khazars.
Overview
An animated diploma film by Sofiia Melnyk inspired by Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić.
MY ROLE: Producer
I was responsible for production planning, creating shot lists and schedules, tracking the progress of every shot and coordinating all departments—including animation, voice recording coordination, music, and sound design—to ensure a smooth production pipeline and on-time delivery.
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
DIRECTOR
Sofiia Melnyk
SCRIPT
Janosch Kosack
FORMAT
2D Animated Short Film
GENRE
Drama
LANGUAGE
Ukrainian, English
COMPLETION
2018
Main Crew
SCRIPT
Janosch Kosack
ANIMATION DIRECTOR
Sofiia Melnyk
ANIMATION / VFX PRODUCER
Helge Forler
EDITED BY
Julia Meyer-Pavlovic
ANIMATION
Nora Marie Back, Lukas Von Berg, Tena Galović, Sion Kim, Sofiia Melnyk, Nina Prange, Janina Putzker
COMPOSITING
Janina Putzker
FILM MUSIC
Steffen Brinkmann
SOUND DESIGN
Johanna Roth
MUSIC PERFORMED BY
DakhaBrakha
VOICE CAST
Vladislav Grakovskiy, Kemal Zeriat, Marc Ivanir
Responsibilities
Production planning / Shot planning / Scheduling & milestones / Shot tracking / Production coordination / Animation coordination / Voice recording coordination / Music coordination / Sound design coordination / Pipeline management / Deadline management
DIRECTOR SONIA MELNYK WITH THE PRODUCTION PLAN And shot list I DEVELOPED FOR "THE STEPPES OF KHAZAR"