Poetry Movies

Valentina seeks refuge from the incessant waves of her mind in the pages of her upcoming poetry book Lapislazuli, trying to keep her life from...

Reclaiming what was once stolen from him, a man journeys back to the place of his childhood nearly 80 years after his world came crashing down.

Intimate portrait of poet, playwright, painter and filmmaker Derek Walcott, set in his beloved native island, St Lucia.

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

Lebanon today. The traces of the civil war are all too tangible as government corruption becomes unbearable. In a country where conflict and peace...

Eight female storytellers, authors and poets performing at the Atalukan Storytelling and Legends Festival in Mashtueiatsh (Pointe-Bleue), Quebec.

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...

Rose the rabbit seeks her way home in this poetic story of reclamation, recovery, and reconciliation.

A second experimental short by Evan W. Gerdes told solely via emojis and poetry.

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,...

"I thought of all those gloves I see here and there on the street and it's like they're waiting for someone to turn around, look for them, take them...

Once described by the press as "one of the most controversial figures on the Australian art scene", avant-garde poet and playwright Christopher...

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.

a visualization of a poem telling a story of making a piramid out of a mountain

Rubén tries to describe the color blue as "The color of dreams, of art, of the ocean and of the firmament", thereby unleashing half a century...

Jo; or The Act of Riding a Bike is Zefier's third film.

A short film by Barry Lowe and Dino Mahoney, starring Pauline Burton as Anna. The film is an introduction to the great Soviet era modernist poet,...

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...