Folktale Movies

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

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

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

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...

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

Tom Davenport's realistic adaptation of an old Appalachian story. With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl...

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...

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...

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

The painter Kuwagata Keisai lived over 200 years ago. He created 'Ways to Sketch', a series of picture books illustrating humans and animals, all...

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...

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

Chang E was chosen to become the bride of a god and forced to separate with Hou Yi, the man that she loves. However, they refuse to accept their fate...

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 short film that asks "What if, after the boy cried 'wolf', the rest of the town started doing it too?"

A horror short that takes on the Southern tradition of covering mirrors that face your bed. If not covered, it is believed that spirits will enter...

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

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...