Folklore Movies

The plot is the embodiment of everyday belief about the impact of a certain evil force on a person. The action develops in a peasant environment.

Local boy, Peter, is trying to find the source of the metallic sound that haunts the village. When he shares his footage with an old woman it sparks...

Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special ritual. Initiated ‘nestinari’ go...

The legend of Ali Baba and the forty thieves: Ali Baba discovers a hidden cave where a band of thieves have stored their enormous treasure. Cassim...

As a rural village prepares for its final harvest festival as a luxury building development is greenlit, an ancient threat awakens and Julian must...

A fragmented collection of legends born from the rubble of the catastrophic Friuli Earthquake of May 6, 1976.

A modern take on the classic ghost tale of “La Llorona”.

Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The spirit of the...

A filmmaker investigates the legend of the Black Shuck, a ghost dog terrorizing the Suffolk area.

An old man Kokovanya took to live to itself in a forest hut orphan Darenka. In the forest they saw an unusual goat who had a silver hoof. At what...

In this highly theatrical TV production, Monteiro again draws on the world of folklore – and, more precisely, on the widespread sexual...

Ilyukha the prospector dreams of finding his happiness. In the end, he discovers that it’s not in money, but in kindness and love.

A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale.

Three starving fishermen encounter something unexpected on a remote island in the 1890's. A visual mystery story with horror elements.

When a single mother begins to experience symptoms of the stigmata, she seeks the help of a local priest and nun to help her understand what is seen...

A woman is forced to continue working while one of her colleagues lies unconscious on the floor due to the long, hot work days. This fact causes...

The story of Nisar Ahmed Khan, told through his children and the people he served, a spiritual guide whose followers still visit his tomb on his...

Two young men relate stories about mystic and historic locations of the Carabobo state in Venezuela. They question the beliefs that revolve around...

A magical creature finds a modern solution to his problem.