Traditional Culture Movies

Through the unrelenting winter in the north of Japan, a small group of workers must brave unusual working conditions to bring to life a...

Young Masters is an original series commissioned by NOWNESS China focusing on traditional Chinese cultures, and how they continue to be defined by a...

Darên bitenê is a fascinating documentary exploring the “dengbej” musical heritage of the singers, poets and storytellers...

Live action documentary footage of a concert by the Kodo drummers of Japan at the Acropolis, Greece, in 1995, with commentary by members of the drum...

In Peruvian Amazonia, for the first time in many years, a Shipibo–Konibo community prepare to perform the Aneshiati ceremony: a time of dance,...

A provocative and poetic exploration of how the British people have seen their own land through more than a century of cinema. A hallucinated journey...

A 15-year-old boy goes on a hiking trip with his estranged grandfather, and overcomes the grief of losing his parents on a mountain above the clouds.

What is tradition? This is the question posed by yodeller and food researcher Meinrad Koch from Canton Appenzell. In search of an answer, he embarks...

The kookor is a type of leather flask which has been used by Kyrgyz people for centuries. In this parable, an old kookor finds itself confronted with...

"Monday's Girls" explores the conflict between modern individualism and traditional communities in today's Africa through the eyes of two young...

Shot during three seasons, Kenuajuak's documentary tenderly portrays village life and the elements that forge the character of his people: their...

This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to...

Does Europe also have its own animistic heritage, like Pachamama in South America and Shinto in Japan? If so, which one? In the Misty Lands, i.e....

Life as it was 300 years ago: the Amish in the USA. The religious community has its origins in Europe and its very own rules, such as adult baptism...

In the Forest of Dean is a community of people continuing the ancient practice of Freemining: a traditional way of mining for coal an iron ore in...

Without Bounds to Beat is an experimental documentary that recounts a town’s revival of an ancient folk tradition, placing it in contrast to...

Video dedicated to the celebration of the centenary of Edison Carneiro’s birth, one of the great exponents of folklore studies in Brazil, whose...