Poetry Slammed

Hex-Man D-Lord wants nothing more than to win the Ultra States Poetry Slam, the most prestigious poetry slam in the world. But the intimidating The Groove stands in his way, and with the unorthodox training methods Hex-M

Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation

A split screen jazz and liberation film based on the words of “Un Trip through the Mind Jail” by raúlrsalinas, written in 1969 in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. The 25-minute short explores the lived experience of the

El Faro

Schurli - Der Liedermacher & Poet Georg Danzer

To many of his friends, fans, and companions, he was “Schurli”; to a wider audience, he was Georg Danzer: a singer-songwriter, poet, and subtle intellectual. He became famous for his Viennese wit and songs like “Jö Schau

35 Years a Punk Poet

Documentary about the career of Attila The Stockbroker that discusses the politics, family life and passion that drives his poetry.

Paweł & Gaweł

Two neighbours with similar names, Paweł and Gaweł, meet a violinist girl Violetta who pretends to be a child. When Paweł learns she's not a child anymore, he falls in love with her. And vice versa.

A Poeira e o Vento

A documentary about daily life in a remote, hard-to-reach rural hamlet in the interior of Minas Gerais, near Ibitipoca State Park. Despite the region's growing tourism, the routine of the families who have lived there fo

Requiem for the Damned

Edgar Allan Poe. For nearly two hundred years his stories of the macabre have shocked and terrified audiences. And now, inspired by five of Poe's most terrifying tales, five filmmakers have banded together to create the

The Tell-Tale Heart

A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.

Like a Monster: a video poem in 5 parts

Vintage filmstrips and projectors were widely used in classrooms during the 1960s and 1970s as educational tools. A filmstrip is a 35mm roll of still images that advances manually through a projector, often accompanied b

Three Poems by Spoon Jackson

There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women

There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women is a film that assembles archival footage, text, song and new 16mm material. Drawn from the work of poets, writers, musicians and artists, these extracts form a collage of image

Once Upon A Poet

When a disillusioned young poet discovers a forgotten script and a decaying flower in a dream, she is thrust into a creative awakening that forces her to confront and find her true voice.

Poetrix

"POETRIX" (2026) is a short art experimental animation that was inspired by the dystopian novel "The smudge" (Taxideftis, 2021). It is about the interaction of conscious and subconscious, how the subconscious is formed i

Act1: Melancholic/Poetic/Anticipation/Expectancy

two eyes/Act 1: smile

Manuel Machado o la edad de la poesía

2024 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Manuel Machado, one of the most significant Andalusian poets and playwrights associated with Spain’s Generation of ’98. Overshadowed by his brother Antonio, born a year la

Brossa, poeta transitable

For Joan Brossa (Barcelona, 1919–1998), poetry was an open adventure spanning literature, theatre, cinema, visual art, object art and sculpture. *Brossa, a Walkable Poet* focuses on his visual work while exploring his o

Joan Margarit, el poema i el mur

Joan Margarit recites, with his characteristic passion, “El poema i el mur” from *Animal de bosc*, his final poetry collection, published posthumously in May 2021. The poem captures his two great passions: poetry and arc

Poem dinamic

Un Poeta en Puçol

A young poet leaves Seville, a city of balconies full of suitcases and flats for no one, and arrives in Puçol, his grandmother’s town, holding her fan. Between the church, the tower, the fields and the sea, this twenty-s