Folklore Movies

Padraig, a guilt laden and grief stricken man seeks the help of an eccentric carpenter, John, to help him build a coffin for his already dead and...

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

Anna "Buksa" Scemelinska (1925 - 2011) was a Latvian folksinger. She learned her song repertoire and singing style from her parents and villagers....

About a mysterious and troubled black woman, a former practitioner of the Santería religion, who must comes to terms with her background...

A doctor arrives in a remote village where the superstitious villagers all believe a string of grisly deaths is being caused by a Phi Pop ghost, a...

Ghost Island follows a team of paranormal investigators to a desolate island off the coast of Nova Scotia. Amid eerie ruins and whispered legends,...

A visual and auditory immersion into the world of verdiales, a blend of mystery, tradition, and the culture of Málaga. Layers of image and...

Two farm boys, Isagani and Tomas, accidentally start a catastrophic rumor mill that an old farmer, Nong Anil, is a witch, as they always catch the...

A group of teenagers go out to a den in the woods for a night of drinking, unaware that their behaviour touches on issues of ritual, folklore,...

On October 31, 1955 June & Frank Marsters met their grisly end when an escaped killer known as the Willow Woods Wolfman broke into their house. In...

A fragmented collection of legends born from the rubble of the catastrophic Friuli Earthquake of May 6, 1976.

Why do people have jack-o'-lanterns on Halloween all year round? The answer lies in this Irish legend, where we meet the most disgusting man who made...

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

Doina, a shepherd’s wife in ancient Romania, turns her daily routine into ritual. When nature foretells his death, her journey through grief...

A collection of seven little stories about Niger and its Sahara desert from the illustrated book by Hideko Fukuda & Masanori Inui.

Scenario proudly presents the musical “Mae Nak Phra Khanong The Musical,” starring Nat-Myria as “Mae Nak,” who first meets...

In a remote area of northern Spain, the wind has a name: Tramuntana. Tramuntana takes what it wants—clothes, trees, boats, and the people of...