Poem Movies

a poem. trees. fragments of fritz. love—and nothing besides!

Twelve shots, four sequences. Each of them will try to evoke a feeling, a sensation, an idea, a landscape… just like the iconic and transcendental Jap...

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 in...

eyes roam / dancing in step with / my feet which praise the ground

We all carry our leaves, some of winter, some of spring and summer. But all leaves grow, breathe and wither with time; and so do we.

A young non-binary person feels overwhelmed and wants to escape - literally, to the moon.

a haiku films, a poem by Nha Thuyen

"Time" takes you through the city at night, capturing fleeting moments. With dynamic visuals and an atmospheric soundtrack, this short film explores t...

1938 screen adaptation of the 1904 musical version of the classic Hungarian fairy tale poem by Sándor Petőfi.

Approaching the microphone in a small room, a young woman prepares to make the speech of her life. Desperate to find her voice in the wake of an ended...

A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence.

A storm is on the horizon. When a jet-black cloud engulfs a small village, the residents discover that it could put an end to more than just blue skie...

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

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

The boy runs after the ball. The worker builds concrete dreams between buildings and soccer balls in a lowland field in Recife. The poet receives a wo...

A haiku about a window and a woman.

The life and literature of Mato Grosso do Sul poet Manoel de Barros. Alternating sequences of interviews with the poet, verses from his poetry, and st...

This 11 minute homage to the male member shows its subject in the various stages of erection. The voice-over poem by James Broughton includes the line...