Folklore Movies

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

Don Melcho peddles his political influence in his town and take advantage of his impoverished neighbors. An ambiguous character who may or may not...

A relationship gone awry evolves into a mysterious disappearance, which two teens must solve to find their missing friend.

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

The magic of the dances of Mexico. A tour of Sinaloa, Michoacán, Zacatecas, Nayarit and Veracruz in one place.

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

Individual political policies and regimes used and abused the national costume of Slovenia. Despite the fact that the individual details of the...

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

Documentary about the ancient rites still practiced in rural Latvia.

In the summer of 1961, a group of young Italian anthropologists made a clandestine journey through Spain, in order to record popular songs that...

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

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...

A West African folk tale about a spider who is presented with a dilemma when each of his six sons saves his life and he must determine which one he...

In a land of promises and spirits, Mangdavalo's vow binds him as a ghost, while Padmavati's world crumbles with arranged marriage. Their love defies...