Poem Movies

Based on the poem "I Will Love the 21st Century" by Mark Strand

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocals by Al Shayne.

An exploration of love and loss in Paris.

An interpretive visual to accompany the spoken word poem by Nikki Lorenzo, shot in one day on a hiking trail in Malibu, California.

A small film based on a poem by Osip Mandelstam. What the poet is thinking about, sitting in his apartment.

A story about a house elf (tomte) preparing the stable for Christmas. Inspired by the famous poem by the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg.

"If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat" is an intimate meditation on the subversive nature of goats and their effect on the...

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...

After reading the works written by Balachandran, a publisher encourages him to publish a book. However, he struggles a lot as he faces a writer's...

Arthur Johns' 10-minute experimental film is a personal essay on colour effects, set to a hypnotic soundtrack by Robert Wyatt. Although his initial...

A visual interpretation of the poem "the girl / the scream" by Mahmud Darwish.

Two girls go from home to business stealing mail and packages in search of something mysterious.

The experiences of five free-spirited individuals trying to break free from societal norms. Each narrative discusses creativity, mental health, labor...

As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a...

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. Al Shayne sings the Loesser & Hersher song Don't Grow Any Older.