Poetry Movies

“Don’t Take Harlem is my personal love letter to Harlem. This project is dear to me because it allowed me to understand my hometown and...

A short film by Barry Lowe and Dino Mahoney, starring Pauline Burton as Anna. The film is an introduction to the great Soviet era modernist poet,...

A short poem written by the director's uncle during her childhood is illustrated in a vision of bright nocturnal memory.

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

Set to the poignant words of Shelby Newland and inspired by her poem of the same name-- a poem which won the National Poetry Out Loud competition's...

Follows the young people of Selma, Alabama's RATCo (Random Acts of Theatre Company) as they journey to New York City to share their story of hope,...

Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally...

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.

Anémona and Pisces live a capicua experience: they are at the same time the woman who looks, the woman who is looked at, and the very act of...

Tells the story a woman's life (and death) through poetry and symbolism.

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

Reading out loud one poem of Andrés Eloy Blanco, titled “Pleito de amar y querer” (Battle between loving and caring).

An experiment and a dialogue about recording, the act of filming and the colors available to whoever points the camera somewhere.

A poor girl tries to take care of his father during the COVID-19 pandemic by participating in a poetry competition.

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

Documentary video journey in search of the missing Tatar poet Rahim Sattar. The path from the present to the past runs through a polylogue of...

A creation story in epic poem format that traces our origins from the big bang to now, using science, poetry, storytelling, visual art, music, 'oli...

A poetry film about love, anxiety, and the cosmos.

A person reflects on their thoughts and life during the night, until a single connection reveals who we truly are through our interactions.