Folktale Movies

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

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

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...

Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.

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...

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...

During a tour of his country, King Matthias the just, comes across a sign in a village: The judge of this village does not have a care in the world!...

The stepmother sends the hard-working girl to serve somebody. After a year she returns home with gold, silver and other treasures. As the bad-hearted...

The poor man’s three sons wanted to get married but their father allowed marrying first only that boy who obtains the most beautiful flower,...

Each one of the poor man’s four sons learns a craft. The dragon kidnaps the princess. The four young men bring the princess back to the king...

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...

The son of a poor man allows their three piglets to graze at the foot of the King's garden. The princess likes the piglets. The boy refuses to accept...

The smallest son of the king has to find a bride for himself in the forest. But he finds only a kitty cat.