Poetry Movies

"The Lady in the Book" is Sylvia Plath, a major author of 20th-century American poetry and a feminist icon following her sudden death at the age of...

A film-poem created for Counterclock Journal's 2023 Patchwork: Film x Poetry fellowship, featuring an original poem by Mackenzie Duan and animation...

Using a small, portable HD video recorder, the artist creates a self portrait that captures his confrontation with foreign people, places and...

In Busto of a poet, the word is the real protagonist: the verses, reflections and texts of José Ángel Valente take shape through the...

In this video, the narrator tells childhood stories of when his house burned down; a visit to the circus; his first love. After each story, he sings...

Martin (Joe Newton) is a casualty of society. He is under appreciated and overworked as a salary man in the city. With mounting pressure on his...

A child runs into the woods in an attempt to escape Evil.

A solitary Frenchman seeks inspiration in a ruined duchy, meeting eccentric figures with their visions of art, madness, and myth. During 15 minutes...

A kinetic typography animation set to a reading of the poem "The Wings" by Sebastian Fox.

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...

A short poetic narrative about dealing with separation. Told in French and presented to English audiences without subtitles to leave the characters'...

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

On the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth, Carmelo Bene returns to the verses of the poet from Recanati. In this film the most beautiful poems...

A lonely character braving a steep mountain attempting to reach its peak. As he journeys the mountain, he is forced to confront a plethora of...

In an extended panoramic view—an "audioscopy" of Algiers—the camera’s eye scrutinizes various buildings and city-center...

Another entry in the Edgar A. Guest's Poetic Gems Series.

A poet's muse calls on his inner child to save their relationship.

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