Folk Movies

Folk-jazz composer/arranger Arthur Verocai was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has created challenging arragements and compositions for Brazilian artists...

King for a Day is a poetic archive-led documentary immersing us in the personal story of the people of Padstow in Cornwall, their ancient rituals and...

Lick the Sun is a short film about three bored witches who get a mysterious invitation.

Episode one of a series which follows an individual named Prawn as they try to become a musician before their first gig in 5 weeks time. Prawn...

BACK IN MY BODY is a short documentary about musician Maggie Rogers returning to Alaska, a place that has had a huge impact on her life.

A powerful account of the Kolbari covert goods traden between the Kurdish cities and towns of Iran and borders of Iraq. The film follows Hamid and...

Louisiana filmmaker, Pat Mire, teams up with veteran filmmaker and cinematographer, Charles Bush, to capture the natural drama of handfishing in this...

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

An oral history of the creation, performance, and legacy of the locally beloved guise beast Old Ned, and his role in the revived tradition of May...

After many years of conjuring the idea of 'man' and what it means to be human, a sly nimble fox spirit becomes a human to learn their ways.

A conceptual short film starring Natalie Merchant as various archetypal female characters, plus a series of music videos from Merchant’s first...

Sheep flocks in the Lake District are ‘hefted’ to the fell - over time they developed an instinct to remain on a patch of land. Through...

Recorded in January 2008, this DVD features outstanding live performances of some of Cara's best-loved songs. Assembling some of the finest acoustic...

A lonely folk singer ponders over her relationship with an uncaring audience. She turns the tables, looking into their lives for a change.

The very first Empyrium concert captured in sound and vision June 11th, 2011, was a landmark date in Empyrium's history. After more than 15 years,...

the live performance have become the most exciting part of the music business for me... And it is not only the playing

Folk music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie became internationally renowned with her protest song "Universal Soldier." In this short documentary, she candidly...

When a young country boy becomes of age, he must face his family's rite of passage.