Poetry Movies

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...

An experimental anthology about mental turmoil. Nine subversive perspectives from young filmmakers from around the world who lament over depression,...

Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his...

He stood, in pain, near the rope, in tears, while his creator hung.

Solentime (2020), directed by Carlos Henríquez Consalvi and Camilo Henríquez, revisits the memory of poet-priest Ernesto Cardenal and...

A popular high school girl is harassed by a delinquent boy until they are placed in creative writing class together. Through written words, they...

This film visualizes humanity’s quest to relentlessly pursue goals. In the human fight for progress, the march forward cannot be stopped, even...

Based on the Edgar A. Guest poem of the same name, this is photographic ode to the American South, featuring representative scenery. Mendelsohn's...

An animated poem about a dog, her human, and the consequences of a nasty habit.

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

One summer evening in a small town in France, two teenage boys, Clarinet and Piano, say goodbye. For twelve years, they rejoin each other at...

Lost in the foreign city of Budapest, a solitary Chinese man finds his place in the world not through words, but through a single, unexpected moment...

A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604)...

One gray and routine day, a lonely young man is visited by an extraordinary being.

Following a tumultuous breakup, a young college student tries to win back her ex-girlfriend by performing in a confessional-style poetry slam.

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

A young Canadian poet with Chinese and Persian parents travels to Iran to perform at a poetry festival.

About Swedish artist, painter, sculptor and set designer Sven "X-et" Erixson, presented with Lars Johan Werle's music and accompanied by readings...