Movies: Folklore

Record 51. Horehronie Days of Singing and Dancing in Heľpa....

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8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt. Buko and is striving to protect the natural environment and cultural ground that inhabit the local area...

Bisera spends the day waiting for her sweetheart Ognyan the Zmei to arrive and ask for her hand in marriage....

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 victor in every contest. This short French-Canadian folk tale portrays typical life and work in a wint...

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

Exploring the obsessive, compulsive, and competitive side of the dance world, Seize deconstructs the festive, enchanting, and imperfect image of Quebec folklore. It is through the synchronicity of movement, concomitant rhythms, the appropriation of s...

Don Melcho peddles his political influence in his town and take advantage of his impoverished neighbors. An ambiguous character who may or may not expand his power....

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A lumberjack in search of wood ventures deep into the forest until he discovers an abandoned community of lumberjacks. Inside one of the houses, he sees a meal set for one person. Not seeing anyone around, he decides to take advantage of the meal. La...

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Two farm boys, Isagani and Tomas, accidentally start a catastrophic rumor mill that an old farmer, Nong Anil, is a witch, as they always catch the wind coming when he whistles, driven by the belief that this is a long-forgotten practice of witches....

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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 insomnia problems and the suspicion that something is happening at night....

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