Folklore Movies

In a land of promises and spirits, Mangdavalo's vow binds him as a ghost, while Padmavati's world crumbles with arranged marriage. Their love defies...

A folklóre film about a Strakonice ensemble performing folk songs and dances from Prácheňsko under the baton of the local teacher...

An anthropological research on the survival of the supernatural in traditional culture. Shot in different locations in southern Italy, the...

A West African folk tale about a spider who is presented with a dilemma when each of his six sons saves his life and he must determine which one he...

Two Chinese tourists swap their megacity for the Dutch village of Giethoorn where the hosts work hard to provide for them the authentic Dutch...

A group of teenagers go out to a den in the woods for a night of drinking, unaware that their behaviour touches on issues of ritual, folklore,...

Ten-year-old Ti-Jean's feats dwarf those of even the strongest lumberjack as he fells timber, cuts, carries and piles heavy logs, and comes out the...

Loosely inspired by folk tales, this film chronicles the mystical journey of a quartet of ageing animals fleeing their fates to find a place free...

Under the tutelage of anthropologist Franz Boas (her former Columbia professor) and Harlem Renaissance arts patron Charlotte Osgood Mason, Zora Neale...

Two young men relate stories about mystic and historic locations of the Carabobo state in Venezuela. They question the beliefs that revolve around...

Hidden deep in the remote Norwegian woods, a solitary woman lives in a small cabin, unaware that a mythical creature from her mother’s...

A magically abstract triportrait of Estonian kannel master Eduard Uibo, dancer Elonna Spriit and folk dance pedagogue Kai Leete.

During a winter storm, a man staggers home after a long night of drinking. Some time later, there is a ruckus that echoes through-out the house. The...

Martin Slivka's documentary film about Karol Plicka (1894-1987), the founder of Slovak cinematography.