Poetry Movies

Follows French writer Arthur Rimbaud from his schoolboy days in Charleville to his final years in Africa.

Eldar Ryazanov reads his poetry. An introspective movie on his multifaceted work.

A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through Tokyo, towards the ruins the decadent economy...

The third film of the biographical cycle based on Pushkin's drawings and texts.

Relationship issues arise between a researcher with a theory to explain away all his failed dating experiments, a player who wants out of the game, a...

A homeless man searches for a safe place on a cold winter night.

Seamus Murphy’s documentary examines Irish writer Pat Ingoldsby’s unique world. Ingoldsby’s poems and candid anecdotes bear witness...

Using the author's personal estate, current images of places where she lived or were dear to her, and archival images of television and film; using...

An exiled poet returns to his native homeland of Pangasinan province after many years of absence. Through a mystical soul journey, he reclaims his...

An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.

Voices in Wartime is a 2004 documentary that explores the human experience of war through poetry. Combining interviews with soldiers, journalists,...

Lebanon today. The traces of the civil war are all too tangible as government corruption becomes unbearable. In a country where conflict and peace...

At the beginning of the 70s, Jean Genet is in Tangier, he is in his sixties and he no longer writes. He lives in the El Minza hotel, a palace, where...

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.

A short film inspired by the poems of Giulia Bencivenga.

A short portrait of poet Bert Schierbeek, who reads from his poetry.

Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.

A haiku club comprised of five unlikely students aim to win the national high school haiku tournament.

A "cinematic object" by Mariano Llinás, divided into 9 chapters, based on the poetry of Henri Michaux.