Bulgaria: Fire Dance Ritual

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 44 min
  • Premiere: 2020. January 1.

Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go into a music-induced trance and dance on bonfires in a display of religious passion.

Discover

Crew

Thomas Henk Henkel

Cinematography

Kai Hoffmann

Mixing Engineer

Directing

Sibylle Smolka

Director

Editing

Production

Beate Andorff

Production Supervisor

Dominic Godehardt

Production Supervisor

Heike Kunze

Producer

Writing

Crew

Thomas Henk Henkel

Cinematography

Kai Hoffmann

Mixing Engineer

Directing

Sibylle Smolka

Director

Editing

Production

Beate Andorff

Production Supervisor

Dominic Godehardt

Production Supervisor

Heike Kunze

Producer

Writing