Canada Vignettes: Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary

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

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.

In Kanoesaru village every 60 years mysterious murders happen. Every time seven 17 year old girls are killed. The villagers believe it is the work of...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.

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

The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon. The story opens with Itako lying...