Folklore Movies

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

A folklóre film about a Strakonice ensemble performing folk songs and dances from Prácheňsko under the baton of the local teacher...

When Alice Lincoln, a woman at the turn of the century living deep in the Marshall Woods, a place long-plagued by legends of a menacing witch, is...

There was at the plant the solitary man Ilya, the guy is young and handsome. All his relatives died, leaving only the grandmother Lukerya, and she...

An early hand-tinted adaptation of Ali Baba.

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

Legend tells of a girl named Palmira. A teenager, becoming a beautiful woman, her normal small town life took an unexpected turn. A demon expelled...

Aboard their cart, Dr. Rhubarb and assistant Cough travel from house to house to cure absurd diseases with their innovative remedies. Loosely...

In Africa there is a fable that explains the creation of the tides. When a hyaena challenged a mudskipper to a drinking contest to decide who should...

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...

A group of kids embarks in a macabre adventure, full of characters from the Brazilian popular imaginary - the werewolf, a witch, a ghost, monsters...

The evil wizard Black Whirlwind steals the herd of a shepherd boy named Andriesh along with his faithful dog Lupar. Andriesh sets off to rescue them....

An old man with a huge lump on his face encounters a band of Tengu in the mountains.

When a city girl visits her grandmother's ranch, a bedtime story about a brave charra transports her to a world of magical ribbons, fantastical...

A highlight of Baltic culture, the festival dedicated to Latvian song and dance celebrates its 150th anniversary in Riga.

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