Finder can not find files

I have built a file naming system at work to archive footage and music files where all i need to do is type the keyword of the footage i need to find and finder shows it to me.
the system works wonderfully but there is a problem.
it does find the files but excludes some. for example, we have over 3000 archived files and there are about 100 that contain the word "fountain" in the file name. finder finds 40-50 only. I know where the others are and when i type the word "fountain" and ask it to search in that specific folder it finds nothing though i can see them in the folder.
finder is searching folders within folders for the files containing the keyword but for some reason it skips this folder.
I tried re-indexing but it did not work.
Spotlight could not find them or the folder altogether.
I checked the spelling.
Am I missing something? why is it not finding these files and this folder? How can I fix it?

What is the name of the folder?
Does it contain "funny" characters such as a leading "."
Is it located in the directories normally not indexed by Spotlight?
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Interesting suggestions but the problem remains -Finder (aka Spotlight) is not capable to find certain files.Period.
I consider it as a fault of the system because in comparison, a search facility of a plain Windows based machine is capable to dig out and display any file, no matter now deeply hidden...
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