Folklore Movies

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...

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

An animated retelling of a Pueblo tale, in which a mysterious boy seeks his father.

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

A magically abstract triportrait of Estonian kannel master Eduard Uibo, dancer Elonna Spriit and folk dance pedagogue Kai Leete.

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...

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

When Rick's girlfriend is found brutally murdered, he and his friends must band together to solve the mystery. Strange circumstances lead them to a...

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

In this highly theatrical TV production, Monteiro again draws on the world of folklore – and, more precisely, on the widespread sexual...

The Mother is one of Monteiro’s first essays on the universe of Portuguese oral culture, folktales and obscure colloquialisms. The plot...

"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...

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