Folklore Movies

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

In 17th-century Pohjola, young Antti Puuhaara is looking for himself, because he has grown up with no knowledge of his childhood. Two actors, the...

Video essay on Heart of Stone, folktales and gothic horror by film and literature scholar Mary Going. Included on the Eureka! Entertainment release...

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

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

A group of friends, Manao, Fah, Dao and Krit, enter into the ancient Thai style home inherited by Dech, the purpose is to rebuild the home with the...

Dismissed after surgery for endometriosis and left without answers,Ana draws on the strength of Macha to reclaim her voice and confront the system...

14 years later, Ranjan is back in his ancestral village for his estranged father’s final rites. But his homecoming aligns with Anthiyutsavam ,a...

Two lovers romance is impeded by voodoo in the Caribbean. They are drawn into destructive rites, rituals and practice of Obeah. The young woman is...

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

Caridad won a washing machine in a raffle at her old hair salon. Her daughter Helena thinks that this hulk, as she likes to call it, will only bring...

Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go...

Two monks on a mission choose very different paths

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...

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