Folklore Movies

For the 'Are'are people of the Solomon Islands, the most valued music is that of the four types of panpipe ensembles. With the exception of slit...

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

A young student sets out to investigate a long-forgotten crime in the quiet, small Portuguese town of Dornelas, Amares. But as night falls, his...

Record 51. Horehronie Days of Singing and Dancing in Heľpa.

The film highlights the beauty of craft, whilst re-contextualising traditional folk narratives to show the strength and power of the often forgotten...

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt....

An audiovisual poem. Cryptic whispers speak of a mysterious being, known only to forgotten folklore, that has travelled across distant lands to haunt...

A documentary filmed in the mountainous region of Agrafa, Eurytania, in Greece.

Hidden deep in the remote Norwegian woods, a solitary woman lives in a small cabin, unaware that a mythical creature from her mother’s...

Four college students from Shandong University of Technology planned to make a documentary about the folk culture of ghosts and spirits. They went to...

Dark powers roam free, a woman dreams of a poppy field and her funeral.

Children parade through the streets of Hinton St George in Somerset on the last Thursday of October. Children have hollowed out pumpkins or...

A young woman desperately tries to conceal her identity and lives a normal life in her community, but is compelled by a curse that brings her into...

During a winter storm, a man staggers home after a long night of drinking. Some time later, there is a ruckus that echoes through-out the house. The...

A poor stonecutter seeks the lifestyles of those higher in the social hierarchy.