Village Movies

Shot by Methodist missionaries, this is an incredibly charming record of small-town life in an unidentified location in China. We see a bustling...

A ghost of a pretty girl in negligee is haunting at a village and the villagers get in touch with various witch doctors in order to expel her.

Take a revealing tour along a coast of contrasts, from the folksy freshness of Whitby to the coaly Tyne, queen of all rivers.

It is an early example of the rural melodramas that were going to be popular in Spain, with situations that Bunuel will enjoy subverting. The outside...

Following the passing of his wife, a devout church warden comes to question his lifelong devotion to the cause.

A farmer tries to save his wife from a paralyzing disease. He enlists the help of his neighbor, a scientist studying astronomy who refuses to help....

A boy wanders around a village, passing through empty places and moments of silence. Along the way, he comes across a letter.

Billy the pet seal adapts to village life in Wereham, Norfolk.

Agron is a circus clown who is hassled by the circus animals. Shemshedin thinks they should send these animals away, and so many hilarious situations...

A comedy recounting the misadventures of an extremely jealous husband.

Wind Man is a visually evocative Kazakh drama that weaves elements of mysticism and human connection against the backdrop of stark desert landscapes....

Set in a 1900s Pashtun village, this tragic short film follows the lives of Sher Alam and Memoona, whose marriage is rooted in a long-standing...

Machines relentlessly working under the scorching sun. Pumps, reels, and unbearable horizons behind corrugated metal sheets that spark at the touch....

Sail away to a bygone Cornwall in this wistful coastal travelogue.

After the agrarian reform, a dispute for the land starts between two families in north Albania.

From Well Dressing to Garland Day and even elephants in Alfreton - a celebration of the traditional customs of Derbyshire.

Over four years, the film follows SV Todesfelde, the club of a village of about a thousand people in Schleswig-Holstein, during a run of success in...

A documentary tracing the journey of a volunteer teacher in Frankadua, a remote African village in the eastern side of Ghana. It explores the...

There's an enchanting folkloric quality to this eclair newsreel showing a remote Essex village ravaged by fire.