Movies: Folktale

  • 2012
    Loveless Zoritsa

    Loveless Zoritsa (2012)

    Loveless Zoritsa

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    The story takes place in modern-day eastern Serbia, still fertile ground for various forms of superstition and prejudice. Zorica is a village girl who carries a curse. Ever since her first boyriend mysteriously drowned in the river, men around her ar...

    Loveless Zoritsa
  • 2024
    The Darkling Fox

    The Darkling Fox (2024)

    The Darkling Fox

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

    The Darkling Fox
  • 1962
    The Story of Sim Cheong

    The Story of Sim Cheong (1962)

    The Story of Sim Cheong

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

    The Story of Sim Cheong
  • 1964
    Three Charming Smiles

    Three Charming Smiles (1964)

    Three Charming Smiles

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    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, Tang's affections are finally reciprocated with three charming smiles. To approach the fair maid, Tang...

    Three Charming Smiles
  • 1987
    Legend of Firefly Marsh

    Legend of Firefly Marsh (1987)

    Legend of Firefly Marsh

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    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 could Firefly Marsh really hide a prehistoric creature like the one in Loch Ness? Twelve year-old Charli...

    Legend of Firefly Marsh
  • 1985
    Nu Wa Patches Up Sky

    Nu Wa Patches Up Sky (1985)

    Nu Wa Patches Up Sky

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

    Nu Wa Patches Up Sky
  • 1987
    Goddess Chronicles Showcase

    Goddess Chronicles Showcase (1987)

    Goddess Chronicles Showcase

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    Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale....

    Goddess Chronicles Showcase
  • 1986
    Tales of Magic: Volume 2

    Tales of Magic: Volume 2 (1986)

    Tales of Magic: Volume 2

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

    Tales of Magic: Volume 2
  • 1969
    CRICKET

    CRICKET (1969)

    CRICKET

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    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 strange is happening in the woods....

    CRICKET
  • 1969
    Kris The Cat

    Kris The Cat (1969)

    Kris The Cat

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

    Kris The Cat
  • 1988
    The Tale of Fedot, the Shooter

    The Tale of Fedot, the Shooter (1988)

    The Tale of Fedot, the Shooter

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    Wanting to destroy the Archer and marry his wife, the King comes up with tests for the hero....

    The Tale of Fedot, the Shooter
  • 1969
    Abigail's Giant

    Abigail's Giant (1969)

    Abigail's Giant

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    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 and the creatures that torment her....

    Abigail's Giant
  • 1971
    How Death Came to Earth

    How Death Came to Earth (1971)

    How Death Came to Earth

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    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 an Indian myth of creation, and is notable for its trippy visual style....

    How Death Came to Earth
  • 1986
    Tales of Magic: Volume 1

    Tales of Magic: Volume 1 (1986)

    Tales of Magic: Volume 1

    01986HD

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

    Tales of Magic: Volume 1
  • 2025
    Hitch

    Hitch (2025)

    Hitch

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    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 real -and what isn't....

    Hitch
  • 1986
    Tales of Magic: Volume 3

    Tales of Magic: Volume 3 (1986)

    Tales of Magic: Volume 3

    01986HD

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

    Tales of Magic: Volume 3
  • 1992
    Mutzmag

    Mutzmag (1992)

    Mutzmag

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    Tom Davenport's realistic adaptation of an old Appalachian story. With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl outwits a witch and an ogre to save herself and her sisters. Part of the PBS series "From the Brothers Gr...

    Mutzmag
  • 2015
    Ayapaneco. El viento

    Ayapaneco. El viento (2015)

    Ayapaneco. El viento

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    The breeze we feel everywhere is an ancient drunk man destroying everything as he goes by, until he was turned into the wind....

    Ayapaneco. El viento
  • 1969
    Hungarian Folk Tales: The Jackdaw Girls

    Hungarian Folk Tales: The Jackdaw Girls (1969)

    Hungarian Folk Tales: The Jackdaw Girls

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    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 turned into jackdaws and flew away. Later on, a son was born to the woman, who heard the story of his s...

    Hungarian Folk Tales: The Jackdaw Girls
  • 1978
    Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary

    Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary (1978)

    Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary

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    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 background of the Irish countryside, the customary "rich but dumb" characters meet their match in the "poor...

    Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary