Preview
About
I Dream of Mummers is a story about a custom, called kukeri, in which masked people dance at the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. The custom's origins are hidden far back in the past — a tradition that has become part of the history of an entire nation. It is found in many places in Bulgaria, but here, in the village of Sushitsa, it has almost completely preserved its authenticity and can still be seen as it was performed centuries ago.
For people here, this is the biggest feast of the year, and today, on its eve, the entire village is preparing for the celebration. Bells are tinkling, costumes and masks are taken out of drawers and attics. Everything looks just as it did in an old newsreel found in the National Film Archives. In 1942 — more than 60 years ago — cameras filmed the same celebration in the same village. Here the tradition is handed down from generation to generation, from father to son, and when shown this archival footage, some people in the village recognized their fathers and grandfathers. One man recognized his father and another saw his grandfather as a young man with curly mustache.
This is a film about a small village and its inhabitants, about an ancient tradition that they have preserved almost intact to this day, and about a friendship as undying as the tradition itself.
Credits
I Dream Of Mummers
Written and directed by
Adela Peeva
Assistant scriptwriter and consultant
Iglika Mishkova
Cameraman
Emil Penev
Music
Stefan Valdobrev
Executive producer
Slobodan Milovanovic
Editing
Diana Zaharieva
Sound Editor
Bozhidar Simeonov
Music editor
Mariana Valkanova
Sound post-production
Simeon Somlev
Assistant cameraman
Angel Dimitrov
Post-production secretary
Blagovesta Kirova
Assistant
Diana Spasova
With the participation of
Decho Dechev
Ivan Ivanov
Dimitar Angelov
Tsanko Pavlov
Dimitrina Petkova
Lilyana Gardeva
Maria Andonova
Georgi Andonov
Marin Baltov
Donka Nedelcheva