Village Movies

A vibrant cafe owner struggles to attract the girl of his dreams. Who knows, with a bit of luck and sharp wits, life can sometimes be a bed of roses.

The stalls with their keepers and stores of laces are being inspected by English and American tourists, who no doubt takeaway with them a goodly...

The movie follows Aurora, a young girl gifted with the power of light as she tries to save her village and the world from the forces of darkness....

Released in 1901

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...

Xiaofan, a young girl who works at a Karaoke Club, awakes one morning in a remote forest with her body covered in blood. As she struggles to find her...

A young woman and her undead mother take on some greedy real estate developers who will stop at nothing to get their land.

Children parade through the streets of Hinton St George in Somerset on the last Thursday of October. Children have hollowed out pumpkins or...

The diary of a typical non-stop working day of a wartime district nurse.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Five deserters hide in a village inhabited only by women.

Dadi manages an extended family in Haryana, Northern India, where daughters-in-law face loneliness and unrealistic expectations. The film delves into...

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....

Ali Baba steals hidden treasure from some raiders who then seek revenge on his family.

Released in 1901

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

Sembula Cheru is an experimental hyperlink short film. In a 1990s Tamil Nadu remote village, Guru had to struggle for his love from three robbers,...

In love with the village's belle, a passionate nineteen-year-old suitor from Volos and his two friends kidnap her in broad daylight; however, the...

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