Prince Bayaya

Bayaya, a young peasant, protected by the spirit of his dead mother, arrives at the castle of the King, where he entertains his three daughters. He soon realizes that the three princesses are nagged by evil spirits. The little peasant manages to rid them of them, fights a duel with a wicked lord who wanted to marry one of the three princesses. He finally wins the heart of the youngest sister while saving the soul of his mother who was in purgatory.

1951-01-26 | cs

Grandpa Planted a Beet

The first Czech cartoon based on a fairy-tale about grandpa, grandma, their granddaughter, dog and cat who all wanted to pull a big beet out from the ground. The picture shows children that a big task can only be fulfilled by joint effort.

1945-01-01 | cs

The Animals and the Brigands

The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves.

1947-09-12 | cs

The Golden Fish

A poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfil three wishes if he sets her free again. He does so and the fish fulfils two of his three wishes. However, she refuses to fulfil the third one, the last one in which the fisherman’s wife wants to be equal to God.

1951-01-01 | cs

Baek-il

The Korean legend of Ungnyeo, a bear reborn as a woman, becomes a percussive and mesmerizing riff on the themes of transformation and quarantine. Produced as part of the 13th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

2022-08-14 | en

Sohrab and Rustum

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

2018-07-01 | en

Ne Zha

The Primus extracts a Mixed Yuan Bead into a Spirit Seed and a Demon Pill. The Spirit Seed can be reincarnated as a human to help King Zhou establish a new dynasty, whereas the Demon Pill will create a devil threatening humanity. Ne Zha is the one who is destined to be the hero, but instead he becomes a devil incarnate, because the Spirit Seed and a Demon Pill are switched.

2019-07-26 | zh

Raining Cats and Frogs

It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements. People and animals alike are dragged through this incredible whirlpool of an adventure.

2003-12-03 | fr

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated

Animated adaptation of the Zenescope Comics horror/fantasy series.

2012-10-15 | en

Aucassin a Nicoletta

1981-01-02 | cs

Sita Sings the Blues

Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana and his bride Sita is mirrored by a spurned woman's contemporary personal life, and light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets.

2008-02-11 | en

Не любо - не слушай

A series of cartoons based on the stories of northern fairy tales by the writer Stepan Pisakhov. Tall tales and funny fantasies about people living near the White Sea.

1977-02-03 | ru

From Darkness

A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale.

2002-06-13 | en

The Rain

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 began to attract customers and lure them with their goods.

1978-02-02 | ru

Faust

A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.

1994-09-10 | cs

Vares ja hiired

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

1998-05-21 | et

Brave Pak

Based on Korean folk tales. Every year a terrible Dragon flies over the distant mountains and burns fields of the industrious farmer Pak. The peasant is convinced that it is possible to overcome the Dragon only with courage and strength. Overcoming numerous obstacles, Pak pulls out a magic sword and, after reaching the lair of the Dragon, summons him to battle.

1953-03-23 | ru

The Dog and the Cat

This is a story about the origin of hostility between a cat and a dog. Based on the ballad of Hovhannes Tumanyan.

1938-02-02 | hy

Pocahontas

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

1995-06-14 | en

Nikita the Tanner

Nikita, a simple craftsman, is fighting the Gorynych Serpent.

2008-03-01 | ru