Poet Laureate

An unemployed man tries to become the poet laureate of his hometown, a small Canadian town in the middle of nowhere.

Le Poème de l'élève Mikovsky

Mikovsky is a slightly manic student in love with his history teacher. One day, he decides to write her an anonymous letter, parodying the poet Arthur Rimbaud.

A Child's Garden of Poetry

Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected performers.

The Silence of the Poet

This drama comes from one of Germany's greatest contemporary directors, Peter Lilienthal; and is one of the few to be released outside of the country. It is the story of an Israeli poet's struggle to create in an inhospi

Poet of Death: Jack Unterweger

Jack Unterweger was an Austrian serial killer who murdered several women before committing suicide in 1994. In 1976 jailed for murder but became a literary sensation while in prison. Out on parole, he killed nine prosti

Poeti

Biagio and Salvatore meet one morning by chance at the non-Catholic cemetery in Rome, where they have gone to visit Gregory Corso’s grave. They thus find themselves discussing poetry, modern times that have annulled the

A Poem Is a Naked Person

Les Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period (1972-1974).

Innerscapes: 10 Portraits of Los Angeles Poets

Documentary exploring 10 poets that represent the diverse mid-1980s Los Angeles poetry scene. The documentary is complementary with the book "A Higher Form of Politics: The Rise of a Poetry Scene, Los Angeles, 1950-1990

Nanni Balestrini. Poetry Boy

Poetry Boy is a documentary portrait of Nanni Balestrini, poet, novelist, visual artist, and one of the most radical voices in postwar Italian culture. Following his death in 2019, director Nina Di Majo travelled across

Le Cercle des Poètes disparus

O Poético Fim das Mulheres que Amei

Penis Poetry

This is a poetic film about The Penis becoming a diary with a unique story to tell. Penis Poetry is made in collaboration with Andre Medeiros Martins who wrote on his lovers' penises his personal thoughts. Andre's words

A Poet in New York

In 1953 Dylan Thomas went to New York for the last time, his marriage a wreck, his drinking out of control. He was on his way to meet Stravinsky and to wallow in New York acclaim - but what was he escaping? How did such

Pe San Ié - O Poeta de Macau

Camilo Pessanha, the greatest Portuguese symbolist poet, wrote and rewrote until his death, the poems of Clepsydra - his only work. PE SAN IÉ is not the portrait, nor the illustration of his poems, but the essay on the c

The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem

Tim Burton's original poem narrated by Christopher Lee.

John Betjeman: A Poet in London

Poet John Betjeman is shown visiting locations including Vauxhall Park, Aldersgate Street station, Camden Town and Hatfield, where he recites a handful of his poems.

Art, Poetry and Particle Physics

John Berger is one of our most celebrated and respected writers and broadcasters. A former winner of the Booker Prize, he also wrote one of the most influential books on art of our time, Ways of Seeing, which became a la

The Spy and The Poet

Lonely secret service officer Gustav meets a mysterious gypsy woman. It soon comes clear that it is a trap set by the Russian intelligence. Gustav is ordered to continue the relationship to get a better understanding of

I am a Poem

Portrait made for the 70th birthday of Rosa von Praunheim by his close collaborator.

Little Poems in Prose

An anthology of black humour by Radu Jude and Andrei Rus, revealing the inexhaustibly grotesque energy of TikTok (including in the age of the deepfake).