Folk Movies

This documentary is a journey into our own fascination, a collection of portraits of folk musicians living in New England, and a study of the ground...

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

When Hannah travels to Sweden to surprise her boyfriend and meet his parents, she begins to suspect that his family is hiding a monstrous secret.

A Latin American horror anthology where filmmakers from conjure shadows rooted in their land, their ghosts, and their history.

When a spate of gruesome killings rocks the countryside in East Jakarta, army officer Soegeng is tasked with clearing up rumours about the...

A federal agent is investigating a complex case: a series of chilling infanticides in which the victims’ teeth have been extracted; meanwhile,...

A rural family consisting of Ñancul, a teenager, his mother, and his father are being visited by a priest who wants them to join the...

An artist and filmmaker journey down the East coast of the UK from Filey to Sheringham. Together they encounter the knitted Gansey jumpers and...

After surviving a severe accident with lingering amnesia, a micro-painting artist begins to suspect that the woman who visits claiming to be his...

a folk nightmare

Sannasi, a folk musician, convinces Sooravali, his lover and a female dancer in his troupe, to marry Karuppaiah, a seemingly docile man. Little do...

Polo is pressured by his father to work and help with the household expenses. Faced with the lack of support in a town devoid of opportunities, Polo...

Evan, a filmmaker from Mississippi, catches feelings for a gal he meets at a found footage film festival in San Francisco. They decide to make a...

Anu, an innocent eleven year old girl who can not spend a day without her grandmother, and is told that she has gone to "God's House" upon her...

In the year 1622, the young Badria is held responsible for the death of the princess after the birth of the royal child and accused of witchcraft....

In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated...

AWAKE is a short experimental documentary about a liminal moment in the calendar - midwinter - observed by the inhabitants of a small rural village...

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

On their way to his wife's hometown in West Sumatra, Teddy and his best friend, Kevin, recklessly continue their journey at night and become lost in...

Ane is a young Lithuanian woman and wife of a fisherman who left for sea. Her husband's wait grows longer and longer until she becomes confused...