Poem Movies

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocals by Al Shayne.

Young, Jewish and misunderstood Simon Markowitz gets himself into hot water with his Rabbi when he creates his own recipe for a knish that no one in...

Observing as the World Burns: Poems is an evocative, introspective short film that transforms lines of verse into raw visual poetry—confronting...

A story about a house elf (tomte) preparing the stable for Christmas. Inspired by the famous poem by the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg.

Gendhis was cleaning her house while accompanied by guests who came every day, but she was still waiting. She found many items given by the guests,...

Based on the poem "I Will Love the 21st Century" by Mark Strand

Two girls go from home to business stealing mail and packages in search of something mysterious.

Sophie is both attracted to boys and girls. She is torn between Nicolas and Mathilde.

Live performance of Diamanda Galas in 1985, released by Target Video. The performance, based on a poem by Charles Baudelaire, devotes itself to the...

A vertical film about self-love in the times of liquid love. A film based on a poem by Isadora Tricerri about freedom and the difficulties of being...

A short by Steven Soderbergh described as “intense sci-fi homage to Godard.”

CATS, SEA, FISHERMEN AND SUNSET. The sequel to the original Love Poems. A short documentary Film capturing beautiful shots in the City of...

As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a...

A lonely engineer is intercepted by a young thief, to whom he offers to give all his money with the condition that they share a dinner together. This...

A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. It features the original song Take Me Home to the Mountain by Loesser & Herscher.