Folktale Movies

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

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,...

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...