Folktale Movies

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,...

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...

To preserve family history and rectify a family myth, an eccentric 80-something-year-old man needs to prove his long-lost sister can fly.

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

Two star-crossed lovers must battle the forces which try to keep them apart at different timelines and at different world's.

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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 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...

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...

Loosely inspired by folk tales, this film chronicles the mystical journey of a quartet of ageing animals fleeing their fates to find a place free...

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

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...

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...

Cheluvi, a poor young woman, has a secret magical power. With the magic, she turns into a tree which produces exotic flowers. Soon, her secret is...

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...