Folktale Movies

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...

Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Oscar is a man whose sorrow echoes at the river. He laments the death of his wife by disproving an urban legend, and he is ready for whatever crosses...

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

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

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...

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

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

The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon. The story opens with Itako lying...

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