Folktale Movies
- 2008
Tír na nÓg
Tír na nÓg62008HD
a woman's spiritual journey in Ireland on All Hallow-Een
- 1970
CRICKET
CRICKET101970HD
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...
- 1982
The Magic Ballad
The Magic Ballad51982HD
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...
- 1969
About the Old Dog Bodřík
About the Old Dog Bodřík01969HD
Night after night, Bodřík dutifully protects his master's humble farm and livestock from prowling wolves. But when his master decides...
- 2017
Suba sang Malogo
Suba sang Malogo02017HD
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...
- 1977
Vasilisa the Beautiful
Vasilisa the Beautiful5.81977HD
Young prince meets a talking frog who turns out to be a beautiful but cursed princess. To remove the curse, he must go on a quest to find and...
- 1987
Legend of Firefly Marsh
Legend of Firefly Marsh01987HD
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...
- 1992
Mutzmag
Mutzmag61992HD
Tom Davenport's realistic adaptation of an old Appalachian story. With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl...
- 1970
Abigail's Giant
Abigail's Giant01970HD
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...
- 2018
Southern Folktale
Southern Folktale02018HD
Joe, a high school boy, travels to the South. To reveal the truth about a mysterious death thirty years ago. Until, on the night of the halo moon, he...
- 2024
The Darkling Fox
The Darkling Fox02024HD
After getting trapped in an isolated woodland, a hunter is tormented by his former prey.
- 2023
Morchang
Morchang02023HD
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...
- 2015
Ayapaneco. El viento
Ayapaneco. El viento02015HD
The breeze we feel everywhere is an ancient drunk man destroying everything as he goes by, until he was turned into the wind.
- 1987
Goddess Chronicles Showcase
Goddess Chronicles Showcase01987HD
Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.
- 2019
Toe
Toe6.42019HD
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...
- 1985
Nu Wa Patches Up Sky
Nu Wa Patches Up Sky51985HD
Short animated version of the Chinese folktale, Nüwa Mends the Heavens
- 2019
The Lady's Tale
The Lady's Tale02019HD
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...
- 2019
Dreams into Drawing
Dreams into Drawing02019HD
The painter Kuwagata Keisai lived over 200 years ago. He created 'Ways to Sketch', a series of picture books illustrating humans and animals, all...
- 1973
A Story-A Story
A Story-A Story01973HD
Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.
- 1978
Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary
Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary01978HD
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...