Folklore Movies

The visual style of the film is inspired by ancient tribal symbols, which constantly morph into each other. They represent life in a womb-like frame.

A young man calls his friend, goes to war, returns wounded and reunites with his friend.

While filming a documentary series about Appalachian folklore and mythology, a crew of amateur filmmakers uncover the legend of a mysterious box...

A woman on the fence about having kids is hunted in her home by a demonic horse-man from Filipino folklore.

On October 25 1984, an afternoon for three girls takes a thrilling and rather mystical turn after following a peculiar boy into the surrounding...

This is footage recorded in 2005 and released years later. It concerns a low-budget paranormal show that was investigating the possible existence of...

An epic action-fantasy drama rooted in the soul of Cagayan, Philippines. Hawil, a warrior consumed by guilt after killing his own brother, embarks...

As so often, also here it's rather about allusion than description. This also applies to the persons represented. Flat silhouettes of people. Their...

In a small Southern town, a plantation owner is duped into thinking a thief is a kind stranger. To repay the stranger for stopping a robbery, the...

The millennia-old myth and tradition of St. Lucy's fire told through the eyes of teenagers on the shores of the Ionian Sea.

A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on the Icelandic...

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...

1622: Following the death of a heavily pregnant noblewoman, the young outsider Badria is accused of witchcraft. Before a church tribunal, she fights...

A desperate couple in rural Iceland confronts a centuries-old curse that forces them to choose between love and survival.

A magical creature finds a modern solution to his problem.

Doina, a shepherd’s wife in ancient Romania, turns her daily routine into ritual. When nature foretells his death, her journey through grief...

Seven years prior to the breach of the mystical Saranjana portal, a remote stilt village built upon the treacherous swamps of interior Kalimantan...

Tâm is a young delivery worker whose heart condition from birth leads him into a strange folk ritual called 'lying in a coffin' – a...