THE MYSTERY VEDA SLOVENA
Documentary 62‘ © 2004
A documentary about the first Bulgarian book of international importance that managed to interest the European scholarly world from the 19th Century. The epos 'VEDA SLOVENA' contains mythical and ritual folk songs of the Bulgarian-Mohammedans from the Southwestern Rhodopes. The texts were collected by teacher Ivan Gologanov on behalf of the compiler and publisher of the collection, Stefan Verkovic. One could not imagine a more unenviable fate than that of the Bosnian antiquarian, who devoted himself entirely to a foreign culture and remained faithful to the end. Similar is the drama of Ivan Gologanov, a teacher and defender of church independence, accused of the most serious crime – mystification of the people's memory.
production KOULEV FILM PRODUCTION
with the support of BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER
director ANRI KOULEV
script BORIS CHRISTOV
director of photography SVETLA GANEVA
music LYUBOMIR DENEV
sound IVAYLO YANEV, RUMYANA STOYANOVA
edit BOYKA POPOVA
cast
STOYAN ALEKSIEV
KAMEN DONEV
EMIL KALEV
LYUBOMIR PETKASHEV
ASEN KUKUSHEV
PLAMEN DIMITROV
MARIAN BOZUKOV
PETYA SILYANOVA
VALENTIN GANEV
JOANA YORDANOVA
MARTIN CHRISTOV
Awards
2012 THE BULGARIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARD FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
2012 'GOLDEN RHYTON' – SBFD AWARD