Tradition Movies

A documentary recording the lives of Khon students in their last years of study. They spent six years under the rules of the military regime after...

Being a complete pictorial account of the remarkable "Fête des Vignerons", at Vevey, Switzerland.

Kae is a young man who learns the art of Thai shadow play from his father and grows up to become a respectable shadow player. His love for the art is...

In rural Kosovo, identical houses are built for family members working abroad, in the hope that they will one day return to settle in their old...

Set against the vibrant backdrop of contemporary North Africa, this drama follows three women as they navigate the complex interplay between...

The horn sledges were used throughout the Alps in forestry and agriculture for material transports on steep terrain. In the Muota valley, in the...

Young Seide lives in a secluded mountain village in the heart of Kyrgyzstan. She loves her freedom to ride her horse, the closest soul she has, and...

A fearless horse bonds two men to each other and to the traditions that define their community.

A short documentary about the Ojibwe Native Americans of Northern Minnesota and the wild rice (Manoomin) they consider a sacred gift from the...

The Kuwaiti short film العاصفة (The Storm) explores Kuwait's social and economic shifts before and after...

IJswee is a documentary film about an ice club, a village and the warm winters. In the film we follow Oringers, the inhabitants of Odoorn, through...

Xiao Xiao is sold into arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy, who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected...

Set in the Kingdom of Tonga (South Pacific Islands), this film looks at the influence and encroachment of western culture as shown in the...

“Kalikangiaroi” (also called Skalapountari) are Cypriot fantasy creatures. Mischievous, funny-looking, thin, hunchbacked creatures,...

This animated short, based on the book by Rachna Gilmore, is the story of Gita, an 8-year-old girl who can't wait to celebrate Divali - the Hindu...

Tibetan Buddhist search for the meaning of death in an unforgiving Himalayan landscape and stir compassion by uncovering human truths

A young widow struggles to reconcile her catholic beliefs with the demands of tradition after her late husband’s brother propositions her.

In Papua New Guinea, pig tusks and shell money are currencies which can buy most things. Henry Tokubak’s dream is to create the first bank...

In the mountainous country near Lillooet, British Columbia, eleven-year-old Kevin Alec of the Fountain Indian Reserve learns to make fishnets with...