Poetry Movies

  • 2024
    SeeingSeeing

    SeeingSeeing

    SeeingSeeing

    02024HD

    Through meticulous cut-up, collaging and stop motion, Nico Vassilakis makes words dance across the screen, moving our eyes in all different...

    SeeingSeeing
  • 1967
    July Dust

    July Dust

    July Dust

    101967HD

    “Poussières de Juillet”, produced in 1967 by Hachemi El-Chérif, is taken from a poem by Kateb Yacine. "We made a film on...

    July Dust
  • 1970
    To Hold My Love

    To Hold My Love

    To Hold My Love

    01970HD

    To Hold My Love is a short film merging dance, fashion, and spoken words. Through their bodies and their language, the five dancers pull the viewers...

    To Hold My Love
  • 1970
    M'es en abyme

    M'es en abyme

    M'es en abyme

    01970HD

    A collage of images and voices of women poets that succeeds brilliantly, both as a tribute to the women whose words are borrowed and as an original...

    M'es en abyme
  • 2020
    A Day in the Park

    A Day in the Park

    A Day in the Park

    02020HD

    A Swedish woman prowls through her childhood memories after a Chinese plane crash.

    A Day in the Park
  • 2022
    La Ciudad de los Cesares

    La Ciudad de los Cesares

    La Ciudad de los Cesares

    82022HD

    Daniela wanders around Santiago in search of "The City of the Caesars", a Chilean film that has disappeared. She meets Bárbara and Manuel, who...

    La Ciudad de los Cesares
  • 2022
    Ocean's Arrival

    Ocean's Arrival

    Ocean's Arrival

    02022HD

    On the winter solstice, four friends reunite at their family's beachside cabin after years apart. From the ocean, a mysterious stranger arrives...

    Ocean's Arrival
  • 2022
    Folly of Fortuna

    Folly of Fortuna

    Folly of Fortuna

    62022HD

    Folly of Fortuna: a black and white poetry piece in short film form.

    Folly of Fortuna
  • 2022
    CHICKENPOX

    CHICKENPOX

    CHICKENPOX

    02022HD

    CHICKENPOX is a poetry/film/zine project which seeks to undermine the binary of love and violence; to show that they are much more intertwined than...

    CHICKENPOX
  • 2018
    River: Morning

    River: Morning

    River: Morning

    02018HD

    A short video adaptation of the poem "River: Morning" by Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma. Part of the Visible Poetry Project.

    River: Morning
  • 2016
    as close as possible / as far as possible

    as close as possible / as far as possible

    as close as possible / as far as possible

    6.52016HD

    With tones of nostalgia and magic, a universe is revealed where personal and imaginary memories seems to become indissociable. VHS glitches distort...

    as close as possible / as far as possible
  • 2020
    Scrivo ad alta voce

    Scrivo ad alta voce

    Scrivo ad alta voce

    02020HD

    An invitation to listen to someone who uses words to explore the interaction between man and modern times. In her mountain hut in Ciaminades, in Val...

    Scrivo ad alta voce
  • 2015
    Cry of the Loon

    Cry of the Loon

    Cry of the Loon

    02015HD

    Set in the lake country of Northern Minnesota, Cry of the Loon is a lyrical mediation on life, death, and the beauty of the natural world.

    Cry of the Loon
  • 1970
    four frames; four stories

    four frames; four stories

    four frames; four stories

    01970HD

    Inspired by the poetry of Robert Frost, this short primarily aims to capture the dynamic nature of the world around us; the ego and the id; the past...

    four frames; four stories
  • 1971
    La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970

    La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970

    La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970

    01971HD

    La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970
  • 2019
    Trans Boy Remember

    Trans Boy Remember

    Trans Boy Remember

    02019HD

    At the age of 9, I stopped speaking. It's the year I broke from the inside, raped. I came out as a trans boy years later. I am often afraid of...

    Trans Boy Remember
  • 2017
    Oasis

    Oasis

    Oasis

    02017HD

    OASIS, a documentary that tells us about water's historical role in Western Sahara via the true stories of people who turned this wild desert into a...

    Oasis
  • 1954
    Poems Are Fun

    Poems Are Fun

    Poems Are Fun

    01954HD

    Shows that poems can be written about many subjects. Points out that choral speaking and impromptu composition can increase the enjoyment of poems.

    Poems Are Fun
  • 2020
    Letter to a Young Man

    Letter to a Young Man

    Letter to a Young Man

    02020HD

    A collaborative film created during Lockdown in response to the political landscape and the work of Daisaku Ikeda.

    Letter to a Young Man
  • 2005
    Poetry is Child's Play

    Poetry is Child's Play

    Poetry is Child's Play

    02005HD

    A whole new universe can hide in the smallest speck of ink.

    Poetry is Child's Play