Poem Movies

Gendhis was cleaning her house while accompanied by guests who came every day, but she was still waiting. She found many items given by the guests,...

"If it Won’t Hold Water, it Surely Won’t Hold a Goat" is an intimate meditation on the subversive nature of goats and their effect on the...

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

By poet Olivia Douglass, this work has been commissioned by Other Parties in response to Bushman. to, from, gets to the heart of the tensions...

A story about a house elf (tomte) preparing the stable for Christmas. Inspired by the famous poem by the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg.

From the music of Uruguayan composer Florencia Di Concilio, English filmmaker Terence Davies does a cinematic reading of his own poem about his late...

Video poem based on The Last Dragon by Radu Stanca.

The pantun is about a game I (we) used to play pretending to be the characters in invented fairy tales. This time it was a snail. The images of...

A modern reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven."

A haiku about a window and a woman.

You are alive like they are.

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

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...

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

An expression of time and memories.

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert....

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

A live-action visualization of the poem, blended with animation.

An exploration of love and loss in Paris.