Carnival in Québec

This colorful archival record of Québec City's Winter Carnival shows that many popular events of today—pageants, parades, boat races, folk dancing, fireworks, and torchlight skiing—were also favorites many years ago.

Caraballo, máscara y carnaval

The papier-mâché mask is part of the costume used by the vejigante, one of the characters of the Ponce Carnival, which is held every year during the month of February. Don Miguel Caraballo learns as a child to craft thes

Carnival Night

At a masked ball, a husband discovers that his wife has been unfaithful and challenges her lover to a duel.

Plop Special: Carnival Prince

Hooray! The carnival celebration is finally happening again in the gnome forest! But before that happens and everyone can dress up, a carnival prince must be elected. Lui has a good chance, after all it has never been hi

El carnaval de Lanz

Ethnographic documentary by NO-DO recreating the traditional carnival of the Navarrese village of Lanz.

Carnaval y Caretas

Documentary directed by Peyi Guzmán

Carnaval de 1926

"The 1926 Carnival in Maceió, Alagoas. The film featured scenes shot on "Rua do Comércio, near the old Central Clock, and in various other locations." (JMTR/SHCA)"

Sonho de um Carnaval

Rio, Carnaval da Vida

A documentary short on the 1978 Carnaval celebration in Rio de Janeiro, covering many aspects of the celebration's popular culture.

Cocanis, camino al carnaval

A handful of Bolivian immigrants living and working in Buenos Aires share a passionate connection to the Oruro Carnival and their ancestral culture, which intertwines past and present and unites generations. The carnival

Carnaval de Malmédy

Short silent documentary on Carnaval at Malmédy, Belgium.

O carnaval de Gregor

Hounded on a Carnival Monday

In the small town of San Jorge, a 12- year-old girl watches in horror as her father, a local telegraph operator is thrown in prison by the local military dictatorship. Meanwhile, her mother, Florencia, must make tough mo

Un carnaval llamado resistencia

A documentary produced entirely at the El Birri Cultural and Social Center and which continues the legacy of filmmaker Fernando Birri.

Carnaval Brasil — Anos 40

Documentary about Carnival, narrated by anthropologist and photographer Pierre Verger, who came to Brazil in the 1940s. Video tells the origins of Carnival in Salvador, with the Blocos and Afoxés, and the traditions of f

Carnival Queen

A short documentary film that focuses on the intense world surrounding the election of the Queen of Carnival, a highly coveted title in the Brazilian cultural landscape. The narrative delves into the immense dedication,

Imperatriz do Carnaval

Carnaval en mi barrio

Carnaval de Rio

Carnaval em Curitiba

Carnival in Curitiba in 1910 - Film that shows the carnival celebrations in 1910. 16 mm transcript (Collection of the Museum of Image and Sound)