Poetry Movies

  • 2023
    Stinging Nettles

    Stinging Nettles

    Stinging Nettles

    02023HD

    Documentary discussing expectations in sexual and intimate situations, by blending people's anonymous stories, poetry and dance.

    Stinging Nettles
  • 1970
    ISHI

    ISHI

    ISHI

    01970HD

    1-channel film installation (21‘20‘‘). 2.00:1 aspherical widescreen, stereophonic sound. A wife waits for her dead husband. An...

    ISHI
  • 2023
    Ozymandias

    Ozymandias

    Ozymandias

    02023HD

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

    Ozymandias
  • 1995
    The Beach - San Francisco’s North Beach in the 50s

    The Beach - San Francisco’s North Beach in the 50s

    The Beach - San Francisco’s North Beach in the 50s

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    San Francisco's North Beach in the 50's - A mix of jazz, poetry and art - The Beach recreates the atmosphere that prevailed through first-hand...

    The Beach - San Francisco’s North Beach in the 50s
  • 2025
    Manic Magic: a Poem in Four Parts

    Manic Magic: a Poem in Four Parts

    Manic Magic: a Poem in Four Parts

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    A poem about mania written by Omar Zefier. His second film.

    Manic Magic: a Poem in Four Parts
  • 2017
    Denim

    Denim

    Denim

    02017HD

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

    Denim
  • 1988
    Cowboy Poets

    Cowboy Poets

    Cowboy Poets

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    American cowboys have been writing poetry for over a century. This little-known literary tradition both belies the macho image of the Western heroes...

    Cowboy Poets
  • 2017
    Trivial Poème

    Trivial Poème

    Trivial Poème

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    Trivial Poème
  • 1970
    Voices

    Voices

    Voices

    101970HD

    Poets from all walks of life speak their truth through their poetry. A film about poetry by award-winning Gina Nemo, Poet, Writer, Filmmaker,...

    Voices
  • 2023
    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    02023HD

    The work is a video-poem, an exploration and reflection on the sense of vision as a tool to understand signifiers - but also and more importantly, as...

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes
  • 2021
    Love Boom Bap

    Love Boom Bap

    Love Boom Bap

    02021HD

    Love Boom Bap is a genre-defying short film. It features no dialogue and takes the audience on a journey of self-discovery through the music and...

    Love Boom Bap
  • 2006
    Forgetfulness

    Forgetfulness

    Forgetfulness

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    A short film animation by Julian Gray with former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins reading his own poetry.

    Forgetfulness
  • 2025
    La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    02025HD

    Inspired by the Poem by John Keats, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" follows the accounts of a dying man (Morgan Holgate) who encountered a mysterious...

    La Belle Dame Sans Merci
  • 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
  • 2014
    Holes in the Mountain

    Holes in the Mountain

    Holes in the Mountain

    02014HD

    Through video, photography, poetry, and music, the film creates an associative narrative structure that seeks to explore rural American landscapes,...

    Holes in the Mountain
  • 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
  • 1954
    Poems Are Fun

    Poems Are Fun

    Poems Are Fun

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    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
  • 2014
    Legna

    Legna

    Legna

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    "Legna: speak the Saharawi verse" is an audiovisual poetry story that traces the essential elements of the Saharawi culture, chaining the verses...

    Legna
  • 2018
    Infusions

    Infusions

    Infusions

    02018HD

    A video adaptation of Shannon Sankey's poem Infusions. Readings of the poem are combined with old commercials and home video-styled clips depicting...

    Infusions
  • 2008
    Fearful Symmetry

    Fearful Symmetry

    Fearful Symmetry

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    A short student film about life through the eyes of an assassin stalking his prey, using the poem The Tyger by William Blake.

    Fearful Symmetry