Poetry Movies

To Hold My Love is a short film merging dance, fashion, and spoken words. Through their bodies and their language, the five dancers pull the viewers...

American cowboys have been writing poetry for over a century. This little-known literary tradition both belies the macho image of the Western heroes...

A boy and a girl are left homeless while expecting their baby to be born. Together they leave the familiar world and set to the unknown.

A short poetic narrative about dealing with separation. Told in French and presented to English audiences without subtitles to leave the characters'...

"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...

Lebanon today. The traces of the civil war are all too tangible as government corruption becomes unbearable. In a country where conflict and peace...

On the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth, Carmelo Bene returns to the verses of the poet from Recanati. In this film the most beautiful poems...

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

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,...

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

A poetess retreats into a mysterious forest seeking inspiration, only to enter a dreamlike realm where four enigmatic muses guide her through...

Rose the rabbit seeks her way home in this poetic story of reclamation, recovery, and reconciliation.

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...

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

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

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...

The film tells the story of Alejandra Pizarnik: mythic Argentine poet who committed suicide at the age of 36. Her personal diaries, letters, poems,...

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

Three spoken word poets and event organizers based in Dublin - Melissa Ridge, Hazel Hogan and Kasey Shelley - reveal the positive impact poetry has...