Poetry Movies

  • 2001
    A Mere Grain of Nothing My Death: A Life in Poetry - Ingrid Jonker

    A Mere Grain of Nothing My Death: A Life in Poetry - Ingrid Jonker

    A Mere Grain of Nothing My Death: A Life in Poetry - Ingrid Jonker

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    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 Mere Grain of Nothing My Death: A Life in Poetry - Ingrid Jonker
  • 1983
    Moss-Covered Asphalt

    Moss-Covered Asphalt

    Moss-Covered Asphalt

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    A boy-poet from the village enrolls at the elementary school in the nearest city, but the other kids reject him for not being one of theirs. However,...

    Moss-Covered Asphalt
  • 2018
    jany robiać z hary piramidu

    jany robiać z hary piramidu

    jany robiać z hary piramidu

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

    jany robiać z hary piramidu
  • 2023
    Stinging Nettles

    Stinging Nettles

    Stinging Nettles

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    Documentary discussing expectations in sexual and intimate situations, by blending people's anonymous stories, poetry and dance.

    Stinging Nettles
  • 2024
    Gaïa

    Gaïa

    Gaïa

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    Gaïa
  • 1970
    Groter dan je bent

    Groter dan je bent

    Groter dan je bent

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    Groter dan je bent
  • 2017
    DE WEG NAAR DE HEMEL

    DE WEG NAAR DE HEMEL

    DE WEG NAAR DE HEMEL

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    A child runs into the woods in an attempt to escape Evil.

    DE WEG NAAR DE HEMEL
  • 2000
    Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto

    Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto

    Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto

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    Marco Paolini discusses with poet Andrea Zanzotto about nature, history and language.

    Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto
  • 2025
    In Verses' Rhytm

    In Verses' Rhytm

    In Verses' Rhytm

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    When Dominik forges a friendship with a classmate who suffers from a unique speech impediment, his whole world turns upside down. Now, during summer...

    In Verses' Rhytm
  • 2015
    Disappointed dromedary

    Disappointed dromedary

    Disappointed dromedary

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

    Disappointed dromedary
  • 2020
    We Weren't The Only Ones

    We Weren't The Only Ones

    We Weren't The Only Ones

    02020HD

    In this short film, poet and holocaust survivor John Guzlowski bears witness to his parents’ survival of Nazi slave labor camps. More than a...

    We Weren't The Only Ones
  • 2018
    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

    Where are the African Gods?

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

    Where are the African Gods?
  • 2022
    Russian Roulette

    Russian Roulette

    Russian Roulette

    02022HD

    In a desperate conflict with his own thoughts, a man tries to find a way to express his feelings to the girl he likes through his mind.

    Russian Roulette
  • 2022
    The Inner Demon / The Inner Angel

    The Inner Demon / The Inner Angel

    The Inner Demon / The Inner Angel

    02022HD

    "The Inner Demon" consists of a red-saturated pallet that subconsciously produces a danger response in the viewer's mind. This along with the...

    The Inner Demon / The Inner Angel
  • 2021
    Dogwood

    Dogwood

    Dogwood

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    Martin (Joe Newton) is a casualty of society. He is under appreciated and overworked as a salary man in the city. With mounting pressure on his...

    Dogwood
  • 2022
    Liquefy

    Liquefy

    Liquefy

    102022HD

    A vertical film about self-love in the times of liquid love. A film based on a poem by Isadora Tricerri about freedom and the difficulties of being...

    Liquefy
  • 2020
    Letter to a Young Man

    Letter to a Young Man

    Letter to a Young Man

    02020HD

    A collaborative film created during Lockdown in response to the political landscape and the work of Daisaku Ikeda.

    Letter to a Young Man
  • 2026
    Snippets

    Snippets

    Snippets

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

    Snippets
  • 2022
    After So Long

    After So Long

    After So Long

    102022HD

    “After So Long // बरसों बाद” is a visual poetry set in Mumbai (India) and voiced by Simha...

    After So Long
  • 2012
    Dream & Deed

    Dream & Deed

    Dream & Deed

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    In the period 1891-1927, Henriette Roland Holst goes through a dramatic development. As an aspiring poet from an affluent bourgeois milieu she throws...

    Dream & Deed