Folktale Movies

Once upon a time there was a farmer who had three sons: the youngest was a bit slow. Nevertheless, he acquires the golden slipper of the princess and...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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!...

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

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

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

In the old days it was all murder and mayhem around Llanymawddwy as this renactment of an old legend shows but, never fear, peace now reigns.

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

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