Poetry Movies

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

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

'La Mamma Morta’ is an aria from the opera Andrea Chenier that is also well-known for its use in a memorable sequence in the Oscar...

A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

Various clips of jellyfish accompanied by the narration of two poems concerning a deity's lover.

A video collaboration by writer Fanny Howe and artist Maceo Senna.

Koncert Jubileuszowy (2011) is an animated feature film that combines animation with colored salt, live-action fragments, ballet and poetry by Karol...

A giant woman wakes up on a pastel-coloured island where small yellow creatures harvest carrots. She seems too big for this world. Every step of her...

Two young adults are confronted by compulsory heterosexuality and the gender binary, feeling pressured into conforming. Through self-reflection and...

A young dromedary attends its first conference. Its happiness is going to turn into deep disappointment.

An "archival fantasy" short film that loosely recreates the story of Beowulf, the Old English epic poem, with found footage, modern media (video...

An elegy about ‘José Ð Almeida’s life and work. Along an intimate metamorphosis, this dreamlike and visually expressive world...

Stefano is a filmmaker commissioned to make a movie about the poet Rosanna Bertoja. The two discover they share an unusual interest: a passion for...

In an extended panoramic view—an "audioscopy" of Algiers—the camera’s eye scrutinizes various buildings and city-center...