THE MAN WITH THE PIPE
documentary 60’ © 2021
A conversation with Prof. Ivan Veselinov – a film director, an artist and a poet. The man with the pipe, who is wandering the empty streets of Sofia city, filling the "balefire" with the tobacco of his memories and turning the life into smoke. A film about the fate of three generations who went through all the turning points of our time, through the eyes of an artist and philosopher.
production KOULEV FILM PRODUCTION
with the support of BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER
co-financed by program KULTURE of SOFIA MUNICIPALITY
co-production MAGIC SHOP; BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION
screenplay ANDREY KOULEV
director ANDREY KOULEV
director of photography SVETLA GANEVA b.a.c.
art director ASSIA KOVANOVA
music PETAR DUNDAKOV
editing ZORITSA KOTSEVA
sound VLADISLAV BOYADJIEV
featuring IVAN VESSELINOV
Festivals and Awards
2021 MASTER OF ART International Doc Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria DEBUT AWARD and BEST FILM AWARD IN THE CATEGORY FOR CINEMA AND THEATRE
2021 PURE MAGIC International Film Festival, Netherlands SPECIAL MENTION
2021 BLUE STAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Brazil
2021 GOLDEN LEAF International Film Festival, India HONORABLE MENTION
2021 ON ART International Doc Film Festival, Poland