Motherlode

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

In search of the lucrative matsutake mushroom, two former soldiers discover the means to gradually heal their wounds of war. Roger, a self-described...

The film takes on a walk alongside parasites, symbionts and decomposers offering ideas of both interconnectedness and collaboration. Driven by a...

This film essay about mushrooms and their connections to other living things tries to use the structure of mushrooms to explain nature, science, and...

You find fungi in Antarctica and in nuclear reactors. They live inside your lungs and your skin is covered with them. Fungi are the most under...

The Pharmacratic Inquisition is a provocative film from Gnostic Media that makes the argument that virtually all of the mythology, symbolism, and...

A secret culture of foragers hunt the Matsutake, a coveted Japanese mushroom worth up to $1,000 a pound—although its true value lies...

As he falls down the spiral of personal obsession; a delusional mycologist finds himself in the midst of seeking the unattainable. Morals won't play...

A group of American teens comes to Ireland to visit a friend who takes them on a camping trip in search of the local, fabled magic mushrooms. When...

Harpy and her pet goblin cat Pumpkin are enjoying a peaceful day in the forest, until a couple of baby monsters have a spat!

Pressured into giving away his clothes, an emasculated young man obsessively attempts to reclaim his cherished sweater before it vanishes into the...

A mushroom embarks on an epic adventure to find its purpose in life.

A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in...

A man searches hopelessly for his friend in the woods.

Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try...

Housemaid Georgette loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.

In the 15th century, a young goatherd living alone in a mountain hut feels a dark presence in the woods.

The film tells the story of Michelle, who is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a charming Burgundy village near her longtime friend Marie-Claude. She...