Folklore Movies

An ethnographic documentary following the Folia de Reis party that is celebrated every year at Morro de Santa Marta on Rio de Janeiro.

"Who plays me, hears my voices”, shows a recent moment in the life of Gaston Lafourcade, a classical pianist and harpsichordist who, at the age...

Chan Kwai-sheung visits the brothel with So Tung-bo while his wife, Lau Yuk-ngo, is sleeping. As this is the first time Sheung did this, Ngo wants...

This documentary takes a look at gargoyles, the stone or cement creatures that adorn the lofty tops of buildings. Thought by some to contain the...

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

A short animated film about dancing candy figures, accompanied by Hungarian folk melodies.

A poor stonecutter seeks the lifestyles of those higher in the social hierarchy.

A portrait of the Arab musicians Bahaa al Jomaa and Yazan Ibrahim.

Exploring the obsessive, compulsive, and competitive side of the dance world, Seize deconstructs the festive, enchanting, and imperfect image of...

An academic and a private detective investigate mysteries with supernatural roots in the dark side of Mexican folklore.

In the heart of the English Moorland, THE GENTLEMAN pursues answers from an enigmatic PRIEST.

Bisera spends the day waiting for her sweetheart Ognyan the Zmei to arrive and ask for her hand in marriage.

A big day in the Scottish Borders is captured with astonishing clarity in this remarkable film commissioned by the local cinema.

Based on Kazakh fairy tales about the wise scoffer, defender of the poor.

Two young women arrive in a town at a scenic lake, the day after carnival. On the shore lays the body of a man in a wig, with a shark fin attached to...