Folklore Movies

The plot is the embodiment of everyday belief about the impact of a certain evil force on a person. The action develops in a peasant environment.

In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided...

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

The evil wizard Black Whirlwind steals the herd of a shepherd boy named Andriesh along with his faithful dog Lupar. Andriesh sets off to rescue them....

In the summer of 2001, 16-year-old Andoy searches for his long-lost father in the most unlikely of things — VHS tapes. His reality becomes...

In a remote village in La Vall de la Vansa, in the Catalan High Pyrenees, Joana, a six-year-old girl, lives with her family, who must face the...

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt....

There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her...

Lee Sin-yu wants to make a documentary about a friend and his dementia grandfather, who would occasionally say that his wife is "Lo Ting". Lee Sin-yu...

Uninhibited description of what Spanish verbenas are and what their essence is, and of what nourishes and constitutes them both in recreational and...

Fishing, friendship, and wrestling with your new favorite superhero.

During a moonlit night, Sine vanishes after childbirth, leaving her husband Magnus devastated. A haunting exploration of Sine's past, unearths the...

A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale.

Lovely overview of traditional Slovak Christmas.

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