Poetry Movies

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...

sucking on words is a documentary film that features interviews with, and extensive performances by, the American poet Kenneth Goldsmith. It also...

Light dramatisation of four poems by poet laureete Sir John Betjeman, set on location in the south of England

Through performatic acts and some exposition, a group of poets of that 1980's generation make great use of words, poems and rebellious acts...

Childhood sweethearts from opposing social standings are separated when one's family moves elsewhere, leaving behind only a watch as a token of their...

A boy and a girl are left homeless while expecting their baby to be born. Together they leave the familiar world and set to the unknown.

Short experimental movie about sea, love and trust.

Yoshiro Ishihara (1915–1977), who burst upon the scene of Japanese modern poetry in the mid-1950s, is now remembered as a “poet of...

The Dokuduo comprised of Doku Hana and Doku Lisa walk around Dokufest interacting with Dokucolleagues while they read their Dokupoem

This documentary shows the life and work of the Galician poet from O Courel, Uxío Novoneyra, from a double perspective: the intimate and...

Short documentary made with archival footage of the poet Elí Martín, and testimonies from family and friends who remember him.

A young filmmaker struggles with her mental illness as she makes a documentary with the author Fiona Wright, and challenges her to express her...

A young man opens the window of his attic room and discovers a lunar landscape which submerges him and threatens to imprison him in an eternal sheet...

An elegy about ‘José Ð Almeida’s life and work. Along an intimate metamorphosis, this dreamlike and visually expressive world...

The butterfly mime is getting up but there is no one left to watch the show. Skin, eyes, walls, wings, hair, sun, earth. An old song of tomorrow A...

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

Al Khadra is a renowned Sahrawi war poetess living in the al-Auin camp in the Algerian desert. A vivid testament to 30 years of the Sahara conflict,...

A being from the stars becomes trapped in a human body.

This Short Animated film is a personal project that aims to make the viewer experience a glimpse into the feelings, emotions and experiences that an...

A short film inspired by the poems of Giulia Bencivenga.