Jazta-prasta or What are the Bulgarian Notes

A 30-year-old Bulgarian accordionist formed a group in Vienna and called it Jazzta-prasta. With it he won the most prestigious Austrian award for "world music".
The film follows the return of the young virtuoso to Bulgaria for the first time in 10 years of emigration. Here in Kotel, the center of Bulgaria's poorest municipality, according to UN statistics, he is holding a seminar for talented local children musicians.

Jazta-prasta or What are the Bulgarian Notes

Cast & Crew

Documentary, Bulgaria, 2009, 54 min.

Director: Andrei Slabakov
Screenplay: Alexander Donev, Andrei Slabakov
Director of Photography:Dimitar Gochev, Alexander Stanishev, Anton Ognyanov
Music: Martin Lyubenov
Producer: Camera - Dimitar Gochev

Post-production - ARS Studio

With the support of:National Film Center, UNDP, Embassy of Austria in Bulgaria

Martin Lyubenov does not fit into the myth of the talented but suffering gypsy. And yet, he is not the idealist hero who rejects clichés about anti-Gypsy sentiment. Its history is important both for the gypsy community and for contemporary Bulgarian culture as a whole. His music reflects all the ideals and traditions in art that have united our national culture over the years. Their diversity, free coexistence and original transformation can be the formula for success in contemporary Bulgarian art in general.

This film is about the path the musician takes, regardless of boundaries, ethical prejudices and the inertia of conservative thinking. This is a film about the talent of Martin Lyubenov, who has a chance to become a world-famous star - like Gypsy Kings or Django Reinhardt.
Keywords
- Film
Genres
- Music
Languages
- Bulgarian
Countries
- Bulgaria