Tradition Movies

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

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 orga...

This short film traces Pete Standing Alone's personal journey from cultural alienation to pride and belonging. As a spiritual elder, teacher and commu...

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 where tradi...

In the mid 19th century, Yankee whalers taught the sailors on the tiny island of Bequia in the West Indies how to catch whales. The once proud America...

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

Nestled behind high mountains and dark forests lies Triberg, the birthplace of the cuckoo clock. For centuries, this cult item has been handcrafted ri...

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

In this layered short film, filmmaker Janine Windolph takes her young sons fishing with their kokum (grandmother),a residential school survivor who r...

In the 70s, Barsham Faire on August Bank Holiday became a tradition for many to celebrate things 'medieval' and raise funds for local arts events. It...

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 o...

National folk dances performed by "Tanec" folk dancers) from Skopje.

The film is taken from a comedy theatrical play and it shows the customs of the traditional society in Seychelles.

The Big Picture follows two estranged brothers who, after the recent passing of their father, are forced to reconnect as they continue their family tr...

The Kuwaiti short film العاصفة (The Storm) explores Kuwait's social and economic shifts before and after the discovery of oil. Through the perspective...

The Kalaallit people of Greenland have been intimately connected to the eternal ice for millennia. These massive glaciers stand as records of ancient...

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