Folk Movies

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

A short film documenting the dying tradition of Holmie Day, where islanders on Papa Westray, in Orkney, sail across to the nearby uninhabited island...

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

A ranger exacts bloody vengeance against the gang that killed their partner.

Right in the heart of Hackney, The Cock Tavern is no ordinary East London pub. Renowned for its real ales, larger-than-life regulars, and a dose of...

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

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...

1965 feature film, shot in 1964, about Balboa folk singer Tim Morgon, shot on location at the Prison of Socrates coffee-house. To watch this movie is...

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...

Nick Lowe is a pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. He is best known for...

Following Simon on his maiden voyage with Eddie, his horse, travelling on foot from Dorset to Devon in time for the Sidmouth Folk Festival. Meeting...

This documentary is a journey into our own fascination, a collection of portraits of folk musicians living in New England, and a study of the ground...

In Celtic and Norse mythology, selkies, meaning ‘seal-folk’, are beings capable of therianthropy: changing from seal to human form....

Len Ellis makes Love Spoons from his tiny shed in the Welsh Valleys. Len talks all things to do with this folk craft specific to Wales.

Part of the Keluang Man Cinematic Universe.

Dusking is a project by the artist Lucy Wright—a newly invented tradition, conceived as the counterpart to the morris dancing that takes place...

Romani filmmaker and advocate Liza Mortimer unearths her family's musical legacy in the archives of The English Folk Dance and Song Society,...

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...

A moving image installation piece which uses speculative fiction to explore the fishing industry in Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fraserburgh.

‘Get Better – A Film About Frank Turner’ was directed by friend Ben Morse, and follows Frank Turner and his band The Sleeping Souls...