Folk Movies

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...

Episode one of a series which follows an individual named Prawn as they try to become a musician before their first gig in 5 weeks time. Prawn...

Burning Heart captures the emotion and energy of a yearly tradition in the small English town of Ottery Saint Mary where, on the 5th of November for...

Set on the Northeast Coast where Barry (played by Ben Pearson) haunted by his past ekes out a harsh existence gathering sea coal from the windswept...

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

Caught between a joyous folk festival and the rise of nationalist flag-raising, this film explores how Englishness became a battleground, and meets...

Snippets from found postcards and photographs from the 1920s to the 1980s.

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 collection of his best songs, sung in collaboration with Jimmy MacCarthy, Wally Page, Shane MacGowan, Sinéad O'Connor and John Spillane.

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

Nefeedd Yr Adar is the first taste from Melin Melyn's new EP, 'Happy Gathering’, and is inspired by an old legend about Nefydd Hardd, a jealous...