Folklore Film Fans 🇺🇦さんのイラストまとめ

J. R. R. Tolkien #BOTD 1892. We're celebrating with Soviet adaptation of The Hobbit: 'Хо́ббит / The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again' (1985) dir. Vladimir Latyshev.

"Visions of the future.
A miser's death."

'A Christmas Carol' (1910) dir. J. Searle Dawley for Edison Manufacturing Company. #GothicAdvent

'Summer Legend' (1986) dir. Françoise Hartman. Based on Mik’maq legend - in order to bring Summer to the North, the great spirit Glooscap must battle & outwit the giant Winter. #WinterFolklore

How about a little festive #Caturday anime? A film that's almost *too* adorable - but has a strong political subtext: 'Suteneko Tora-chan' also known as 'Little Tora: The Abandoned Cat' (1947) dir. Kenzô Masaoka.

#FemaleFilmmakerFriday From the ridiculously talented Hermína Týrlová - the mother of Czech animation - one of our top-favourite Snowman films: 'Snehulák' (1966). #WinterFolklore

Reanimated Russian insects getting festive around the tree with Santa - undoubtedly one for #GothicAdvent. 'The Insects' Christmas / Rozhdestvo obitateley lesa' (1911) dir. Ladislas Starevich.

How about some traditional English pantomime for #FolkloreThursday? Adapted from the English fairytale dating back several thousand years - the 1922 production of 'Jack & the Beanstalk' at London Hippodrome; credit: @BritishPathe

Here we have Rokurokubi (played by Ikuko Mori) from: 'Yōkai Monsters: Spook Warfare' (1968) dir. Yoshiyuki Kuroda - the second film in the Yōkai Monsters trilogy. #FolkloreWomen

“I paint rejects, misfits and their landscapes. There is something honest and true about imperfection.”

'Eager' (2014) dir. Allison Schulnik. #FemaleFilmmakerFriday

Although there are few #FolkloreWomen in Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings', Éowyn plays a pivotal role by slaying the Witch-King of Angmar; contributing to the demise of Sauron. 'The Return of the King' (1980) dir. Rankin/Bass.