Tradition Movies

In a quiet Himalayan village, sixteen-year-old Uma looks forward to the annual fair, the one place that once brought her comfort after her...

Jesa is a Korean tradition honoring one's ancestors. The filmmaker interviewed her parents about this ritual. However, it goes totally unexpected.

A couple who want to marry, but face the disapproval by the girl's father.

Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts...

When a massive Chinese factory complex attempts a high-stakes expansion in rural Ethiopia, three women in search of prosperity have their faith in...

Through the years, a mother and her child share simple yet essential moments. Objects and clothing become silent witnesses to their bond as it...

The master of a Judo dojo turns his daughter into a master of the martial art as she is growing up. But now that she has reached marrying age, he...

Al Khadra is a renowned Sahrawi war poetess living in the al-Auin camp in the Algerian desert. A vivid testament to 30 years of the Sahara conflict,...

Traditions during Easter holidays in the remote village of Grešnica. The film was a research project of the newly opened Ethnological Museum...

This is an elegant meditation on time, travel, and ceremony in the form of a journey. In her first foray into digital video, Trinh T. Minh-ha...

The Desert Ark (L'Arche du Desert), a variation on Romeo and Juliet set in the Algerian desert. A young couple must face inevitable conflict when...

Singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela's journey through Irpinia, telling stories related to music and tradition

The horses in Denys Colomb Daunant’s dream poem are the white beasts of the marshlands of the Camargue in South West France. Daunant was...

A musical tale about two impoverished sisters' anguish over whether or not to sell the final masterpiece of their recluse father days before the...

At the end of an extraordinary situation in the village, when the people of the village cannot reach the government, they try to break a curse by...