Poetry Movies

Eight female storytellers, authors and poets performing at the Atalukan Storytelling and Legends Festival in Mashtueiatsh (Pointe-Bleue), Quebec.

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

A woman's walk through time and search for true freedom. The inner look breaks with the punishment of immobility, and the woman's destiny becomes a...

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

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

A being from the stars becomes trapped in a human body.

A poetic Gem from Edgar A. Guest. This film features Al Shayne singing A Real True Pal by Frank Loesser and Lou Herscher.

In the period 1891-1927, Henriette Roland Holst goes through a dramatic development. As an aspiring poet from an affluent bourgeois milieu she throws...

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

San Francisco's North Beach in the 50's - A mix of jazz, poetry and art - The Beach recreates the atmosphere that prevailed through first-hand...

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

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action,
and because there is only one of you in all time,...

Presents a portrait of Ted Rosenthal, a poet who has been told that he has six months to live. He discusses how he faces death and reads poems that...

Filmmaker Tegan Pearce combines autobiographical spoken word and expressive visual direction to present a cinematic interpretation of autism.

Qingyan Yu confronts confusion and self-identity problems as she gets to the point where romance starts to take place in her adolescence.

A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The river Lek reminded me of the river Xiang in my hometown Changsha. I had not been home for 3 years and one of the connections with home was the...

Poets from all walks of life speak their truth through their poetry. A film about poetry by award-winning Gina Nemo, Poet, Writer, Filmmaker,...

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