Poetry Movies
- 1987
Robert Lax: Word & Image
Robert Lax: Word & Image01987HD
When Robert Lax was approached in the early 1980s about doing a video documentary on him, he had only one condition—that it be focused on his...
- 2022
Russian Roulette
Russian Roulette02022HD
In a desperate conflict with his own thoughts, a man tries to find a way to express his feelings to the girl he likes through his mind.
- 2016
as close as possible / as far as possible
as close as possible / as far as possible6.52016HD
With tones of nostalgia and magic, a universe is revealed where personal and imaginary memories seems to become indissociable. VHS glitches distort...
- 1965
Tournoi
Tournoi31965HD
Based on abstract images by Kamler, Andre Voisin and Francois Bayle imagined the story of a messenger charged to bring to our planet the key to a...
- 2020
Scrivo ad alta voce
Scrivo ad alta voce02020HD
An invitation to listen to someone who uses words to explore the interaction between man and modern times. In her mountain hut in Ciaminades, in Val...
- 2019
Sophia, In Her Own Words
Sophia, In Her Own Words92019HD
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...
- 2001
A Mere Grain of Nothing My Death: A Life in Poetry - Ingrid Jonker
A Mere Grain of Nothing My Death: A Life in Poetry - Ingrid Jonker02001HD
On 19 July 1965, the South-African poet Ingrid Jonker walked into the sea near Drieankerbaai in Cape Town at the age of 31. She left behind a little...
- 2023
Ozymandias
Ozymandias02023HD
Ozymandias recites Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem of the same name. Selected AI-generated images and text-to-speech narration - with their vutlure-like...
- 2010
Pablo de Rokha: El Amigo Piedra
Pablo de Rokha: El Amigo Piedra02010HD
Documentary film about the great forgotten of Chilean literature. With interviews with family members, poets and artists who knew him, this feature...
- 1990
Bust of a poet
Bust of a poet01990HD
In Busto of a poet, the word is the real protagonist: the verses, reflections and texts of José Ángel Valente take shape through the...
- 2018
Pomeriggio a Roma
Pomeriggio a Roma02018HD
A naked girl reads and discusses about 30 poems.
- 1973
Bert Schierbeek/The Door
Bert Schierbeek/The Door01973HD
A short portrait of poet Bert Schierbeek, who reads from his poetry.
- 2019
I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before
I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before02019HD
A short film adaptation of the titular poem by Melissa Lozada-Oliva.
- 2022
Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word
Your Eyes Will Be an Empty Word02022HD
This video by Coco Fusco includes footage of the artist traveling by boat around Hart Island, the site of New York’s public cemetery that was...
- 2013
Alejandra
Alejandra72013HD
The film tells the story of Alejandra Pizarnik: mythic Argentine poet who committed suicide at the age of 36. Her personal diaries, letters, poems,...
- 1963
X:et
X:et01963HD
About Swedish artist, painter, sculptor and set designer Sven "X-et" Erixson, presented with Lars Johan Werle's music and accompanied by readings...
- 2024
The place where goats are raised
The place where goats are raised02024HD
Tells the story a woman's life (and death) through poetry and symbolism.
- 2023
Stones and Words
Stones and Words02023HD
Stefano is a filmmaker commissioned to make a movie about the poet Rosanna Bertoja. The two discover they share an unusual interest: a passion for...
- 1970
four frames; four stories
four frames; four stories01970HD
Inspired by the poetry of Robert Frost, this short primarily aims to capture the dynamic nature of the world around us; the ego and the id; the past...
- 1993
Star of Day
Star of Day41993HD
The film is simply the internal, subliminal (poetic) thoughts of an aging woman poet as she travels the world, alone, probably for the last time,...