Folklore Movies

Art-naive gallery of craft guilds of Haban ceramics in Slovakia.

Produced at the start of the golden age of Azerbaijani animation, Akhundov and Efendiyev’s Jirtdan (meaning “small” or...

A short animated film about dancing candy figures, accompanied by Hungarian folk melodies.

Ten-year-old Ti-Jean's feats dwarf those of even the strongest lumberjack as he fells timber, cuts, carries and piles heavy logs, and comes out the...

Documentary about the concerts of the Russian Osipov ensemble of folk instruments in Czechoslovakia

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

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.

Karol Plicka was an important musician and composer. He recorded folk songs immediately after hearing them in musical notation to preserve them for...

A magically abstract triportrait of Estonian kannel master Eduard Uibo, dancer Elonna Spriit and folk dance pedagogue Kai Leete.

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

Documentary about the ancient rites still practiced in rural Latvia.

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...