Folklore Movies

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

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

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...

Produced at the start of the golden age of Azerbaijani animation, Akhundov and Efendiyev’s Jirtdan (meaning “small” or...

Juju Stories tackles juju in contemporary Lagos through three stories. In Love Potion, by Omonua, an unmarried woman agrees to use juju to find...

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

Karel Plicka was also cinematographer of this short movie. Editor in charge was Alexander Hackenschmied. There is an extraordinary emotional charge,...

A gothic Jewish fairytale. In 1840s Poland, Beulah cares for her leprous mother-in-law while seeking a divorce. With nowhere else to turn, she builds...

A Christian couple who, after experiencing a devastating miscarriage, purchase an abandoned farm with a dark past. Their love and faith are soon...

Document about folk ceramic products from Moravian Slovácko and Wallachia.

Three starving fishermen encounter something unexpected on a remote island in the 1890's. A visual mystery story with horror elements.

Documentary about the ancient rites still practiced in rural Latvia.

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

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

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

Since ancient times, the Green Man has been one of the most mysterious and menacing of mythical characters. He also has a familiar...

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

An academic and a private detective investigate mysteries with supernatural roots in the dark side of Mexican folklore.

Count Dracula has come to Thailand in order to search for the missing mother of his son. Suddenly his kid gets kidnapped by a werewolf who needs to...