Folktale Movies

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

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

Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.

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

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

Tang Bohu is smitten by the stunning beauty of Qiuxiang, the maid of Grand Tutor Hua, during his visit to a monastery in Suzhou. Stalking the maid,...

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

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...

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...

Short animated version of the Chinese folktale, Nüwa Mends the Heavens

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...

The stepmother sends the hard-working girl to serve somebody. After a year she returns home with gold, silver and other treasures. As the bad-hearted...

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

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...

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

When asked by her father, the youngest daughter of the king answers: I love you like people love salt. The king is very annoyed and chases his...

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

A young Palestinian man living in Jerusalem must save his family after a Ghouleh, a female demon from his grandmother’s folktales, arrive in...

The breeze we feel everywhere is an ancient drunk man destroying everything as he goes by, until he was turned into the wind.

Somewhere in the windy deserts of Rajasthan, a curious little boy from a family of nomadic musicians yearns to change his family’s fate through...