2023 | Canada, Bulgaria | Short

Let the Red Moon Burn

  • - - 7 mins
  • Director | Ralitsa Doncheva
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Ralitsa Doncheva

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

“Let The Red Moon Burn” is a meditation on the ancient ritual of fire dancing in Bulgaria. The film creates a blur between the past and the present to evoke the ghosts in the landscape. The spirits of ancestors unearthed by the pulsation of music. All the sounds and images were recorded during the Zheravna Costume Festival, where thousands of people gather every summer to perform the traditional dance under the full moon.

Fire Dance Balkan Traditions Ethnographic Film Experimental Cinema short film ancient ritual landscape music
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