Folklore Movies

Fishing, friendship, and wrestling with your new favorite superhero.

The Matica slovenská (a mostly government-sponsored cultural, academic, and archival institution) employed Karol Plicka (1894-1987) as its...

Student film

A movie by Jon Jost, who is the maestro of the American experimental movie world. The film tells us the strange incidents that happen in the ruined...

The film is inspired by the life of the Goral population in the Orava region, a life connected with the beautiful but harsh nature, rich in emotional...

An independent investigative journalist is on a mission to solve a string of strange deaths occurring in the forests of Western Newfoundland. What...

Uninhibited description of what Spanish verbenas are and what their essence is, and of what nourishes and constitutes them both in recreational and...

A lumberjack in search of wood ventures deep into the forest until he discovers an abandoned community of lumberjacks. Inside one of the houses, he...

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....

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...

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

This retro documentary, based on the book by world-renowned paranormal expert and author Gaynor Baldwin, explores the haunted history of the Isle of...

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...

Documentary about the ethnographic festivities in Strážnice in the summer of 1949.

"Scottish Myths & Legends" explores the magic, mystery and sprinkling of mayhem that covers the dramatic landscape of Scotland. From the ancient...

Imah's boss Danapati rapes her. She tries to hide the fact from her husband Imah, but soon strange things start to happen as people are found dead...

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

Karel Plicka was also cinematographer of this short movie. Editor in charge was Alexander Hackenschmied. There is an extraordinary emotional charge,...