Movies: Folklore

A doctor arrives in a remote village where the superstitious villagers all believe a string of grisly deaths is being caused by a Phi Pop ghost, a spirit which infects victims with a desire to consume raw meat whilst eating its guts....

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

The film presents a parade of customs, music, songs and dances of the Slovak people in four seasons, based on a theatre play by I. Teren and K.L. Zachar from the first years after the liberation....

Exploring the obsessive, compulsive, and competitive side of the dance world, Seize deconstructs the festive, enchanting, and imperfect image of Quebec folklore. It is through the synchronicity of movement, concomitant rhythms, the appropriation of s...

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The members of the Ayrudzi troupe travel across various villages of Armenia on horseback and put on folk song and dance concerts and shadow theatre performances for the locals....

A short horror thriller that will leave you breathless. In the midst of a deserted, abandoned region, a businessman rushing to Sofia finds himself stranded on an empty stretch of road when his luxury limousine breaks down. Frustrated by lost time and...

A short stay in a Cornish Town....

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

The folkloric group "Nzale," founded in 1979 in Bangui, practices a traditional dance called "M'baka M'Bokou," which means "strength" and is a symbol of victory. It is a battle dance: each dancer wears the skin of the animal he wishes to incarnate. O...

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

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 soon gathered to the light. Left grandmother Ilya sieve full of feathers and a mandate for the richness...

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An academic and a private detective investigate mysteries with supernatural roots in the dark side of Mexican folklore....

A feature-length road trip drama, set on the iconic London canals. We are narrated an unlikely story mixing reality with hints of British folklore. Vincent (Alex Scrivens) is a lone mechanic boater on the canals who’s grieving from the death of his ...

A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a real life Lorax who speaks on behalf of nature under threat....

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