Poetry Movies

Another entry in the Edgar A. Guest's Poetic Gems Series.

A short film adaptation of the titular poem by Melissa Lozada-Oliva.

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.

With tones of nostalgia and magic, a universe is revealed where personal and imaginary memories seems to become indissociable. VHS glitches distort...

An invitation to listen to someone who uses words to explore the interaction between man and modern times. In her mountain hut in Ciaminades, in Val...

INFINITY minus Infinity draws on several inspirations: the modernist verse of the Jamaican poet Una Marson, the alluvial invocations of the...

Set in the lake country of Northern Minnesota, Cry of the Loon is a lyrical mediation on life, death, and the beauty of the natural world.

Through video, photography, poetry, and music, the film creates an associative narrative structure that seeks to explore rural American landscapes,...

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

Filmed on location in Montana and Washington State, this 1976 biography of poet and teacher Richard Hugo features readings of some of his most famous...

Inspired by the poetry of Robert Frost, this short primarily aims to capture the dynamic nature of the world around us; the ego and the id; the past...

"A Brutalist film-poem about the nature of a family tree and the macabre ancestral tales that work their way into your identity, whether you like it...

#poetry explores how poets have used Instagram to share their poetry with their readers, the backlash against online creators, how the platform has...

Two childhood friends grew up and face strange feelings now. One of them tries to explore that feelings by words and their relationship becomes...

Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally...

A lowly bookkeeper (me), shot entirely on videotape (Sony Hi8), recites a poem about Tuesdays (derived from Old English Tiwesdæg, meaning...

In a sarcastic mood, EZTV's founder John Dorr makes fun of the extensive aspiring Los Angeles spoken word scene of the 1980s and the enormous number...

A poem about mania written by Omar Zefier. His second film.

In Busto of a poet, the word is the real protagonist: the verses, reflections and texts of José Ángel Valente take shape through the...

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