Poetry Movies

Fernando Lemos, a Portuguese surrealist artist, fled from dictatorship to Brazil in 1952 searching for something better. The movie follows the last...

One gray and routine day, a lonely young man is visited by an extraordinary being.

An animated poem about a dog, her human, and the consequences of a nasty habit.

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers...

After his parents' death in a traffic accident, Ibrahim decides to go to their summer house, where he goes every summer with his family, alone this...

The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he...

Martin, a nu-jazz trumpet player with a unique style, is fighting against convention and mediocrity. He will not accept any compromise, neither in...

A short animation film based on the question "What is your interest?", a question that can be quite confronting for all kinds of people and...

A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

A fictionalised documentary about the great Japanese poet Bashô (1644–1694), the spiritual father of haiku poetry. A monk, portraying the...

A schizophrenic patient is is wasting away in a mental institution, until a young doctor encourages him to write poetry. The resulting masterpieces...

A New York teacher indulges a mad high school poet who sees himself as a mythic hero.

#poetry explores how poets have used Instagram to share their poetry with their readers, the backlash against online creators, how the platform has...

When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.

About Swedish artist, painter, sculptor and set designer Sven "X-et" Erixson, presented with Lars Johan Werle's music and accompanied by readings...