Folklore Movies

A story of two brothers who leave rural Polesiya to seek a better life in Kyiv. One of them quickly finds himself atop the wheel of fortune and the ot...

When the neglected and unloved brother Mavungu finally leaves home, he finds a tree blocking the river and frees the people imprisoned within the tree...

In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters today still seek out the giant sea mammals that have provided their peop...

Martin Slivka's documentary film about Karol Plicka (1894-1987),the founder of Slovak cinematography.

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

Plot details are being kept under wraps other than it revolving around a mythical monster.

Since ancient times, the Green Man has been one of the most mysterious and menacing of mythical characters. He also has a familiar face as Robin Hood...

"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 of 83,...

A homeless man living in a derelict building is obsessed with a vision of a mysterious woman that visits him every night. Inspired by a fable from the...

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

Short film by filmmaker Eddie O’Keefe about the American Folklore.

A coven of witches gather in Vermont in a feminist collective’s transporting short that shakes off patriarchal scrutiny during the women’s ceremony, w...

A sailor, known as the Adventurer, searching for a lost American explorer discovers him being held hostage on a remote island in the South Sea. The ma...