Folklore Movies

A woman on the fence about having kids is hunted in her home by a demonic horse-man from Filipino folklore.

The Mavka, a mystical and dangerous forest nymph, falls in love with the biologist Lukyan instead of destroying him in the mysterious forest lake,...

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

A short film about traditional crafts and culture that can still be found in the Wallachian mountains today.

A young man calls his friend, goes to war, returns wounded and reunites with his friend.

A young drag queen from Andalusia exposes the difficulties of adding aspects of her homeland culture to her artistic expression.

This 3 minute short film follows the morning of a young woman and explores a surreal connection between dreams and reality and how childhood...

1622: Following the death of a heavily pregnant noblewoman, the young outsider Badria is accused of witchcraft. Before a church tribunal, she fights...

May Day! is a feature-length documentary which follows Oxford's thousand-year old tradition of May Morning, the largest celebration of its kind,...

About a mysterious and troubled black woman, a former practitioner of the Santería religion, who must comes to terms with her background...

Martirio, the mourner, falls in love with Sagrario, the bullfighter, when she sees her fighting the only bull of their little town. In order to get...

In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the...

A famous painter returns to Spain under a false name as he once had to run away, to meet his half gypsy daughter, who has become a flamenco dancer....

Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a...

A teenage actress makes a fateful deal in an attempt to grab Broadway stardom, and everything begins to fall apart.

While filming a documentary series about Appalachian folklore and mythology, a crew of amateur filmmakers uncover the legend of a mysterious box...

Hallstätter Ballade refers to a celebrated 1961 Austrian documentary short film directed by István Szőts. The film is best known for...

In the heart of the Caribbean, a mother and daughter confront a malevolent curse erasing identities of all the island's women, propelling them on a...

Barajas Airport comes Natia, the two million tourists, a beautiful Swedish fleeing a disappointment in love. The prize is a trip to Andalucia...