Movies: Based on myths legends or folklore

An inspiring English teacher transports her class into the very heart of a Persian poem....

For tenacious 11-year-old Robin and her loyal band of friends 'The Hoods', the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magical kingdom....

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...

In the midst of the wedding party of Prince Ruslan and Ludmila, daughter of Prince Vladimir, the girl is kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Chernomor and the witch Naina. Three former suitors for her hand set out, as does Ruslan, to rescue Ludmila......

A live recording of an amended version of the Robin Hood story, staged at the Palaís des congrès de Paris in January 2014....

A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father....

In 17th century Spain, amidst the Basque mountains, Kattalin flees her husband, escaping from her farmhouse at night. Wandering in the deep forest, she senses a pursuing presence. She encounters three women recounting superstitions and village gossip...

Nahuel lives with his father in a fishing town, yet he has a deep fear of the sea. One day, he finds a magical book that seems to be the solution to this problem, but a dark sorcerer is after it and captures Nahuel's father. This is where his journey...

This animated short by Evelyn Lambart is a visual adaptation of the famous Aesop fable "The Lion and the Mouse," in which a mouse proves to a lion that the weak and small may be of help to those much mightier than themselves....

Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day...

Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love break...

A Czech fairy tale about a princess named Lada who runs away from home in a mouse fur disguise in order to escape an unwanted and forced marriage....

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....

Based on an old Bukharan mythical tale from the 16th century....

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....

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......

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When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for generations. Wagner’s Ring cycle boasts some of the greatest music ever written for the opera s...

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

Before going on an overseas journey, a merchant father asks his three daughters what they would like him to bring back for them. The eldest asks for a shining tiara, the middle asks for a frame through which her face would always appear young, and th...