Folklore Movies

For the 'Are'are people of the Solomon Islands, the most valued music is that of the four types of panpipe ensembles. With the exception of slit...

A story of two brothers who leave rural Polesiya to seek a better life in Kyiv. One of them quickly finds himself atop the wheel of fortune and the...

Whilst house-sitting in a secluded home in Scotland, Aarya, an expressionist painter, is gifted a red scarf sent by her aunt from Pakistan, and...

A movie by Jon Jost, who is the maestro of the American experimental movie world. The film tells us the strange incidents that happen in the ruined...

Karel Plicka was also cinematographer of this short movie. Editor in charge was Alexander Hackenschmied. There is an extraordinary emotional charge,...

Document about folk ceramic products from Moravian Slovácko and Wallachia.

In the early years of 20th century a strange plague a ghost sightings haunt Phoenix City, a small town in China. A group of doctors is sent to the...

Karol Plicka was an important musician and composer. He recorded folk songs immediately after hearing them in musical notation to preserve them for...

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...

National folk dances performed by "Tanec" folk dancers) from Skopje.

A trip through the diversity of black and native Peruvian music. Character-driven film, one where the characters are integral to the nation itself....

A coven of witches gather in Vermont in a feminist collective’s transporting short that shakes off patriarchal scrutiny during the...

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...

Two lovers romance is impeded by voodoo in the Caribbean. They are drawn into destructive rites, rituals and practice of Obeah. The young woman is...

New take on an Indonesian legend about a successful man who disown his poor mother.

An old man Kokovanya took to live to itself in a forest hut orphan Darenka. In the forest they saw an unusual goat who had a silver hoof. At what...

A group of friends, Manao, Fah, Dao and Krit, enter into the ancient Thai style home inherited by Dech, the purpose is to rebuild the home with the...