Folktale Filmes

Sidney is walking her dog in the forest when she loses track of him. While searching for him she uncovers notes and remains that imply something...

The story takes place in modern-day eastern Serbia, still fertile ground for various forms of superstition and prejudice. Zorica is a village girl...

A woman has 12 daughters and they were so cheeky that once their mother said in anger: "I wish you turned into jackdaws". Immediately the 12 girls...

Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.

Wanting to destroy the Archer and marry his wife, the King comes up with tests for the hero.

Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is...

a woman's spiritual journey in Ireland on All Hallow-Een

There's a "silver lining in every cloud" as Donald O'Neary turns every misfortune his two neighbours can engineer into gold coins. Against the...

A collection of stories compiled from the English dub of the Madhouse anime series Manga Fairy Tales of the World.

A stop-motion gothic folktale. A starving young boy eats a human toe that he finds in the ground. Later that night, something comes to his bedroom...

Young prince meets a talking frog who turns out to be a beautiful but cursed princess. To remove the curse, he must go on a quest to find and...

Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice to Bongwon Temple.

A record in moving images of a timeless dimension, the tragedy takes place in a dark void where the voiceless ones enact their drama in a theatre of...

Night after night, Bodřík dutifully protects his master's humble farm and livestock from prowling wolves. But when his master decides...

A collection of stories compiled from the English dub of the Madhouse anime series Manga Fairy Tales of the World.

The Queen's cat goes on an adventure in the countryside where he discovers that love, in its many forms, surrounds him.

Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

During a tour of his country, King Matthias the just, comes across a sign in a village: The judge of this village does not have a care in the world!...

Firefly Marsh is a fog-enshrouded corner of the world, steeped in mystery. Stories of what lurks in the dark waters date back to Indian lore. But...

How Death Came to Earth is a 14 minute cutout animation film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film deals with...