Folklore Movies

El Demonio de los Andes, directed by Palito Ortega Matute, is based on the Andean myth of the Jarjacha, a demonic character set on destroying...

Walker takes us on a personal journey into a world of myth and imagination that he learned from his grandmother. He travels from the Moors of Devon...

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

A young boy receives a strange book which sets him on a journey of self-discovery.

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...

In the early years of 20th century a strange plague a ghost sightings haunt Phoenix City, a small town in China. A group of doctors is sent to the...

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

"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...

A big day in the Scottish Borders is captured with astonishing clarity in this remarkable film commissioned by the local cinema.

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

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

A werewolf conflicted with identity, Maya seeks to understand the two sides of herself- before the consequences become deadly.

Kamakalawa (The Day Before Yesterday) explores the folklore of the prehistoric Philippines in an adventure of mortals in the world filled with gods...

An Asian-American high school football player is forced to confront his deepest fears after a strange encounter with a mysterious figure.

A short film about a man lost in the woods and gets warned about a cult worshiping the wendigo.

The documentary talks a little about the carnival experience that Arlindo Rodrigues had during his more than 25 years of artistic life.