Poetry Movies

An uninspired artist goes on a journey and returns with an image.

Dispositions is a visual poem conveying hope in the darkness

A short poem written by the director's uncle during her childhood is illustrated in a vision of bright nocturnal memory.

On the winter solstice, four friends reunite at their family's beachside cabin after years apart. From the ocean, a mysterious stranger arrives...

A collage of images and voices of women poets that succeeds brilliantly, both as a tribute to the women whose words are borrowed and as an original...

A short documentary film about poet brothers Kai and Anders Carlson-Wee hopping freight trains across the country. Shot over the summer of 2013 on...

Set to the poignant words of Shelby Newland and inspired by her poem of the same name-- a poem which won the National Poetry Out Loud competition's...

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...

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

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

A poetic study of thirst. Stylized images of flowing water and the face of a young woman flowing past as in a metaphysical dream. The magic and...

A woman cuts off her braids and finds relief in her natural hair.

An independently-produced dramatic feature that depicts Taliban atrocities committed from Kabul to the northern border during the dark era of Taliban...

A short student film about life through the eyes of an assassin stalking his prey, using the poem The Tyger by William Blake.

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.

A video adaptation of Shannon Sankey's poem Infusions. Readings of the poem are combined with old commercials and home video-styled clips depicting...

Mended Women, Tailored Bodes follows women finding unexpected ways to reclaim and reinvent their bodies and their lives in the face of breast cancer....

A poetry film about love, anxiety, and the cosmos.

Through meticulous cut-up, collaging and stop motion, Nico Vassilakis makes words dance across the screen, moving our eyes in all different...