Poetry Movies

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

#poetry explores how poets have used Instagram to share their poetry with their readers, the backlash against online creators, how the platform has...

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...

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

A nervous young poet takes the stage to perform, but as he speaks, his words are shown through a symbolic inner world where self-confinement takes...

Poetry film based on "El regalo" by Honduran writer Clementina Suárez.

Eldar Ryazanov reads his poetry. An introspective movie on his multifaceted work.

Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from Houellebecq’s life with the text...

Heartbroken, Matthew, an American art curator, wanders daydreaming through a maze of artworks in his hotel in Tokyo. That is, until he has a surreal...

A poetry film that tells the story of a man struggling with his deteriorating mental state and self-destruction.

Dante Alighieri was a poet, philosopher and politician in 1300 Florence. The visionary author of "Inferno", the first book of the "Divine Comedy", he...

A collection of three poems that explores the ending of a love that was once seen as everything.

An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and...

Soura stumbles upon a bluebell field and is left in a haunting trance, plagued by disturbing visions. She returns to the field, desperate for a...

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...

Three spoken word poets and event organizers based in Dublin - Melissa Ridge, Hazel Hogan and Kasey Shelley - reveal the positive impact poetry has...

What happens when non-violent leaders are pushed to support armed struggle against a brutal regime in a forgotten war? Thabyay: Creative Resistance...

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