EXCLUSIVE: Mammoth Pictures has inked a deal out of Cannes with the Bulgarian production company Bazuka to exclusively develop and produce a narrative feature take on the cultural tradition ...

“Kukeri” ’s opening shots are as breathtaking as they are strange. In an office space, hulking figures with tall, cylindrical heads stand motionless, almost brushing against the ceiling. They are ...

In the rural (farming) villages of Bulgaria, the "Kukeri" is a important masked ritual, carried forward from the Thracians. They dance in the last days of the winter, just before nature comes back to ...

Maren Ade’s Cannes Film Festival competition film “Toni Erdmann” has been one of the sales and critical hits of the festival, selling to Sony Pictures Classics among others, and attracting positive ...

“If you ever saw [the kukeri], they’re just too amazing,” says Gerald Creed, an anthropology professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. “They monopolize the senses. You can’t look away ...

In many Bulgarian towns and villages, winter is punctuated by the ancient Kukeri ritual, which is carried out to drive away the presence of evil. As with many cultural traditions passed down through ...

If you happen to be in Bulgaria in the first months of the year, you have the unique opportunity to enjoy one of the most popular spring traditions in the country - the Kukeri ritual. Kukeri is a ...

The Balkans is home to an ancient pagan tradition where magic and mystery still have a sacred place in the cosmic order. The Kukeri festival has had a strong hold over Bulgarian cultural life since ...

Eva Zu Beck gets a total transformation thanks to a Kukeri costume - a grotesque mask and outfit designed to scare away evil spirits. Welcome to our latest video series, Rerouted: The Balkans, which ...