Poem Movies

Hand-processed, in-camera edited 16 mm footage of a desolated Italian beach meets four poems by Jeannette Hunziker, evoking loss, memory, and the...

What does a bankrupt poet with no desire to live have to say about life?

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocals by Al Shayne.

This 11 minute homage to the male member shows its subject in the various stages of erection. The voice-over poem by James Broughton includes the...

A vertical film about self-love in the times of liquid love. A film based on a poem by Isadora Tricerri about freedom and the difficulties of being...

A short by Steven Soderbergh described as “intense sci-fi homage to Godard.”

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

A haiku about a window and a woman.

video art about growing up and the longing for childhood available on YouTube

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

Alma, a beautiful girl who didn’t get the chance to hear how chaos the world is since she was born. Her mother then bought a hearing device for...

Dajung, beloved by teachers and classmates, hides her dream to become an author. One day, Dajung meets a new girl – Seojung, who has won an...

In I Want You To Pause This, three registers (sound, image, text) happen at the same time. Since the centre of attention is constantly deferred, the...

Letter to Celestial is a re-animation and re-imagination of archival documents found in the search for Asian sex workers in Montréal's...

Young, Jewish and misunderstood Simon Markowitz gets himself into hot water with his Rabbi when he creates his own recipe for a knish that no one in...

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

Live performance of Diamanda Galas in 1985, released by Target Video. The performance, based on a poem by Charles Baudelaire, devotes itself to the...