Poetry Movies

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...

The past returns faceless, awakening in Ananci the memory of a violence that transcends time. To the sound of drums, past and present blur together...

Fernando Lemos, a Portuguese surrealist artist, fled from dictatorship to Brazil in 1952 searching for something better. The movie follows the last...

A poor girl tries to take care of his father during the COVID-19 pandemic by participating in a poetry competition.

On 19 July 1965, the South-African poet Ingrid Jonker walked into the sea near Drieankerbaai in Cape Town at the age of 31. She left behind a little...

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

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

Hilmano van Velzen, the "Homeless Poet" wants nothing more than to become famous with his poetry. But his addiction and character get in the way.

A film based on an autobiographical prose of the famous Russian poet - Marina Cvetaeva.

An experimental short told solely via emojis and poetry.

“Don’t Take Harlem is my personal love letter to Harlem. This project is dear to me because it allowed me to understand my hometown and...

A short film animation by Julian Gray with former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins reading his own poetry.

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

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.

The four elements that bring our earth together fight for attention to bring more awareness to our mother earth. A poem guides us through the...