Poetry Movies
- 2019

The Voyage of Bashô
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A fictionalised documentary about the great Japanese poet Bashô (1644–1694), the spiritual father of haiku poetry. A monk, portraying the...
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- 1984

Assaltaram a Gramática
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Through performatic acts and some exposition, a group of poets of that 1980's generation make great use of words, poems and rebellious acts...
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- 2019

The Wings
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A kinetic typography animation set to a reading of the poem "The Wings" by Sebastian Fox.
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- 2010

Outremer
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A video collaboration by writer Fanny Howe and artist Maceo Senna.
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- 2000

Hell Frozen Over
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Bernadette Corporation describes this work as "A fashion film about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the color white." Produced for...
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- 2016

Before I Go to Sleep
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A boy and a girl are left homeless while expecting their baby to be born. Together they leave the familiar world and set to the unknown.
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- 2020

Fishing and Fishermen's Conversations
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A nobleman poet embarks on boat trip with two local fishermen. As they hop the bucolic islands he recalls his youthful tragic love, his artistic...
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- 2024

Knickknacks
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A visual poetry short film, inspired by and featuring the poem "Knickknacks" by Tuesday Taylor York.
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- 2019

Luna Negra
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Third film of Juan José Ponce's trilogy about Federico García Lorca.
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- 2004

Elfriede & Elfriede
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Two friends, two Viennese, two poets, two unusual women. They have known each other for 30 years. Elfriede Jelinek is the better known of the two,...
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- 2023

Ozymandias
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Ozymandias recites Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem of the same name. Selected AI-generated images and text-to-speech narration - with their vutlure-like...
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- 1935

Bill and I Went Fishing
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An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocals by Al Shayne.
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- 2004

Searching for Lin Zhao's Soul
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This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s...
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- 2021

When I Wallowed in a Bowl of Sunshine
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Two trans-folx friends, together with their dog and plants, grieve for and with each other during a 14-day quarantine period.
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- 2018

Love You Sun
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- 2017

Denim
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Denim' is a poetic short film by writer, poet and performer Siana Bangura, exploring gentrification and social cleansing in South East London....
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- 1970

Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams
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A dream character tries to sell telepathic devices on a dream TV network, only to be confronted with a poetic existential crisis!
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- 2020

Dichterbij
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Hilmano van Velzen, the "Homeless Poet" wants nothing more than to become famous with his poetry. But his addiction and character get in the way.
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- 1970

The Place of Chimeras
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An elegy about ‘José Ð Almeida’s life and work. Along an intimate metamorphosis, this dreamlike and visually expressive world...
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- 1990

Bust of a poet
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In Busto of a poet, the word is the real protagonist: the verses, reflections and texts of José Ángel Valente take shape through the...
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