Movies: Based on myths legends or folklore

Based on the Buryats - Mongolian fairy tale by Malyarevsky. Once a brave and honest shepherd Bair rescued from the claws of a black vulture a magic bird. The bird thanked the shepherd by presenting him with a magic chest. All that fell into this ches...

In the forest two gold digger saw a fire nymph, foreshadowing is rich in gold deposits, and had a fight. This greatly angered the nymph. This story told grandfather to his grandson. Suddenly the very same girl appeared in front of them from the flame...

In one of the Russian cities, where local tailors have long sold their fabrics and clothes from it on the market, there were overseas merchants who arrived on an expensive and beautiful boat. Quite quickly, they settled in the shopping aisles and beg...

In order to win the hand of a princess, a man must defeat an evil dragon and claim its treasured magic stone. Upon his return, Baghdad has been invaded and he must use the stone to defeat his new enemy....

A young man lands in a cut off village in the Swiss mountains and discovers a dark secret from the past, as the villagers made a pact with the devil......

Aragón, Spain, early 20th century. María del Pilar is a honest girl whose good name is dirtied when an old suitor seeking revenge accuses her of losing her virginity outside of marriage. The scandal soon spreads throughout the countryside....

'All Small Bodies' is a feminist, sci-fi take on the Grimm tale of Hansel and Gretel. It occurs in the distant future among the ruins of a planetary catastrophe, revealing the abuses of history and technology. In the wake of the chaotic aftermath, th...

A werewolf conflicted with identity, Maya seeks to understand the two sides of herself- before the consequences become deadly....

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Kyz-Zhibek - Kazakh poetic folk legend of the 16th century, tells about the period in the Kazakh nation when the people suffered from bloody feuds. In those times each province of the Kazakh nation had its own Khan and each tried to supersede the oth...

A 14-year-old skeptical young man one day discovers that everything he knows about his father is a lie....

Laughter and Grief by the White Sea is a 1987 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by Leonid Nosyrev made at the Soyuzmultfilm studio. The film is a celebration of the culture of the Russian Pomors who live around the White Sea....

TV film inspired by folk tale of Pavol. Once upon a time, was the girl. Hank poor but hard-working. Once she rubbed with royal greatest misery, appeared magical elf Martinko Klingáč....

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A fairytale about the mice and the raven, which is stronger and which is cleverer....

In this short documentary, a Musqueam elder rediscovers his Native language and traditions in the city of Vancouver, in the vicinity of which the Musqueam people have lived for thousands of years. Writing the Land captures the ever-changing nature of...

Animated short about a love between a heron and a crane....

A childless woman adopts an abandoned infant but when disturbing events begin occurring around her, she gets a feeling that the baby is a demon in disguise....