Movies: Folktale

Night after night, Bodřík dutifully protects his master's humble farm and livestock from prowling wolves. But when his master decides it’s time to get a younger dog to guard the farm, Bodřík is sent to stay in the junkyard. The first night without Bo...

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....

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 real -and what isn't....

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

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

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 could Firefly Marsh really hide a prehistoric creature like the one in Loch Ness? Twelve year-old Charli...

Tom Davenport's realistic adaptation of an old Appalachian story. With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl outwits a witch and an ogre to save herself and her sisters. Part of the PBS series "From the Brothers Gr...

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

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

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period...

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

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 avenging the death of his brother. Jinzo, who wants to win over a rich merchant, pours boiling water ...

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 strange is happening in the woods....

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 infatuation, power and vengeance. The force of the roar reverberates as insanity erupts from total st...

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 the magic and belief imbibed by his grandmothers folk tales....

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

In the old days it was all murder and mayhem around Llanymawddwy as this renactment of an old legend shows but, never fear, peace now reigns....

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 wanting it back....