Poem Movies

An expression of time and memories.

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

A short animation based on the poem "Onion" by Wislawa Szymborska.

A woman rocks a cradle; a man comes to land from the sea, but leaves to view it from a distance.

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

The ten anthologies and eight long poems of the Sangam age are the oldest and most distinguished body of secular poetry extant in India, of which...

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

Works inspired by artists Basquiat, Banksy, Haring, and Ai Weiwei represent Bukowski's poem's theme of self-invention.

A ghost follows its non-existent shadow across a series of windows that gives light but no direction. As the ghost moves, a poem is read that serves...

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...

A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.

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

In the tradition of experimental genres such as the cut-up, collage, permutation, altered book, & erasure poem, ‘Burning Batteries’...

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

A young girl explores her relationship with fear through poetry.

In his film-poem Shades of Mensa, Jon Ratigan pairs glyphs and typograms from graphic aptitude tests prevalent in employment application processes...

The story of a young Saudi poet who receives the prestigious title The Prince of Poets (Amir Al-Shu’ara), and is later nominated to...

A poet and his walk through a future of the dystopian present.

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