Folktale Movies

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

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!...

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

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

An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.

An old Hispanic folktale about a child-stealing witch becomes real in the life of a little girl who's caught between her parent's crumbling marriage...

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...

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...

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

Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.

A woman encounters a hitchhiker in the middle of the night while driving. From there, things spiral into absurdity, blurring the lines between what's...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

After getting trapped in an isolated woodland, a hunter is tormented by his former prey.

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...

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...