Folktale Movies

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...

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...

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

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...

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

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

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...

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...

Ghost story based on a legendary Thai folk tale.

Night after night, Bodřík dutifully protects his master's humble farm and livestock from prowling wolves. But when his master decides...

The tale of an old ghost story - A disheveled mariner is haunted by an ominously fervorous bed-sheet ghost

A short film that asks "What if, after the boy cried 'wolf', the rest of the town started doing it too?"

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

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.

Like many St. Lawrence Island legends, this story is set in Siberia where Chukchi, the Reindeer People, live. Pelaasi, an elder from Gambell, speaks...