Folklore Movies

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...

Martin Slivka's documentary film about Karol Plicka (1894-1987), the founder of Slovak cinematography.

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

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

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...

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

An anthropological research on the survival of the supernatural in traditional culture. Shot in different locations in southern Italy, the...

The religious traditions of a town in the province of Caserta, Italy.

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

Art-naive gallery of craft guilds of Haban ceramics in Slovakia.

Three aspiring filmmakers are hired to film a documentary about the legends of a local cemetery. While filming; BJ, Katlin, and Brandon begin to...

Document about folk ceramic products from Moravian Slovácko and Wallachia.

Ukonvaaja - The Hammer of Ukko - is a documentary film that focuses on ancient Finnish folklore and mythology.