Pier Paolo Pasolini poeta

The video film is the first on Pier Paolo Pasolini, poet and writer in which only the author appears and only his voice is heard: the reading of his verses alternates with interventions on poetry and life. There are very

Stella do Patrocínio e a Gênese da Poesia

The Brazilian State made Stella do Patrocínio ill and transformed her into a psychiatric patient, but she reinvented her existence with her words: prophetic and philosophical poetry.

Alonzo King - Poet of Dance

Poeler Luft

In Poeler Luft, Toni returns to her childhood home for a holiday: the Baltic Sea island of Poel. Thereby she is confronted with her past, which was characterised by racism.

Chicano Park; A Cinematic Poem

An unnamed narrator explores the history and beauty of Chicano Park.

Autodéfense poétique

The Poetic Self-Defense project presents 12 video poems by slammers from the feminist artists' collective L-SLAM. Under the direction of director Vinciane Zech, the slammers denounce discrimination linked to gender, LGBT

Blurred Pictures, Dim Light, and Childish Poem In the Verge of Human's Destruction

An experimental that consist a playing of light, pictures, and shutter speed in the name of love letter to cinema.

Poetiko

Action-drama

Painter and Poet No. 1

An illustrated version of Twa Corbies made as the BFI’s contribution to the Festival of Britain. Enlivened by the distinctive voice of John Laurie, and paired with Michael Rothenstein’s delightfully textured drawings. F

This Is How a Child Becomes a Poet

The last day of Patrizia Cavalli’s home. Before it’s all gone.

A.I. Poetries of Female and Non-Female Beings in Gas Stations at Night

How should one closely navigate female and non-binary experience through virtual mediation? This experimental documentary casts a type of gaze that transcends the boundaries of concrete reality, looking for the human fac

Cavafy - Poet of The City

A short film by Barry Lowe and Dino Mahoney about the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (!863-1933), famous for great modernist poems such as, 'The City:' Idiosyncratically shot in Hong Kong, as well as Cavafy's native city

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Poet

A female worker at a stone factory discovers a poster for a poetry sharing event at the local bookstore. From then on, her bleak existence becomes the subject of small streaks of light and color.

Mitsuye and Nellie: Asian American Poets

This absorbing documentary examines the lives of Asian Americans through the inspirational poetry of Mitsuye Yamada and Nellie Wong. Interviews, rare archival footage, intimate family scenes, and a lively dialogue betwee

Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams

A dream character tries to sell telepathic devices on a dream TV network, only to be confronted with a poetic existential crisis!

The Body of a Poet: A Tribute to Audre Lorde

An imaginary biopic, THE BODY OF A POET centers on the efforts of a group of young lesbians of color to devise a fitting tribute to one of this century's great visionaries. Its genre-bending celebration of the life and w

Margaret Tait: Film Poet

Margaret Tait died April 16th 1999, aged 80. She was an intensely private person with a unique vision, firmly rooted in her native Orkney. Glasgow Women’s Library, working with filmmakers Marissa Keating and Michael Jone

Broken Verses

A Poem Thorn (Part II)