The official opening of the Festival will take place on July 6, 2023 in the city of Smolyan under the open sky with the screening of the film “Love, Deutschmarks and Death”, Germany, director Jem Kaya, 96 min. The film tells the story of the independent and largely unknown music of immigrants from Turkey and their children and grandchildren in Germany in a very lively way, full of rhythm. In the form of a documentary essay, director Cem Kaya takes his viewers into a dazzling universe of musical diversity. In a cinematic experience of the highest sound quality, he brings the energy and spirit of those years to life.
After the screening, there will be a concert by the band Rosenquarzexpress.