Tradition Movies

What motivates a cock-fighter to fight a rooster he loves? In Costa Rica, cockfighting is considered a crime and has been banned for 99 years. A...

This is an elegant meditation on time, travel, and ceremony in the form of a journey. In her first foray into digital video, Trinh T. Minh-ha...

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.

Among the narrow alleys of Via Panneria and Piazza Monte di Pietà, in the ancient heart of Palermo, the echo of a miracle still resonates....

Xiao Xiao is sold into arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy, who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected...

Doting parents teach their young daughter the family Halloween tradition.

The oldest Quebecois Benedictine convent open its gates to a documentary filmmaker for the first time. Observed up close, life behind its walls is...

During the Interceltic Festival of Lorient, the Grand Parade of Celtic Nations is the FIL's must-see event, a truly unique moment. Three thousand...

An old man tells his grandson of a legendary treasure buried beneath the hills of Zvenigora, setting in motion a sweeping cinematic poem that...

The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in...

Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts...

At the start of a new year in a rapidly changing Singapore, an ageing provision shop owner clings to the quiet repetition of his daily routine. When...

Set against the vibrant backdrop of contemporary North Africa, this drama follows three women as they navigate the complex interplay between...

Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of...

A Kellergasse – the cellar lane – is one of the distinguishing cultural and physical features of the winegrowing region...

An approach to Sahrawi culture, different aspects of daily life, culture and the struggle of the Sahrawi people in the Sahrawi refugee camps in...

Bilike has never seen a ping-pong ball before. He and his family live without electricity and running water in a solitary tent home among the vast...

The story spans from 1965 to the early 1970s. Heavily pregnant Zhao Di, the unwanted second wife of an older man, was chased out by her husband's...