Poetry Movies

  • 1970
    Pointing to the Sun and Laughing (On a Stack of Poems)

    Pointing to the Sun and Laughing (On a Stack of Poems)

    Pointing to the Sun and Laughing (On a Stack of Poems)

    01970HD

    A short film inspired by the poems of Giulia Bencivenga.

    Pointing to the Sun and Laughing (On a Stack of Poems)
  • 1976
    The Centuries Surround Me with Fire

    The Centuries Surround Me with Fire

    The Centuries Surround Me with Fire

    01976HD

    A documentary, originally produced for Dutch television, on the life and works of Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), the groundbreaking Soviet poet and...

    The Centuries Surround Me with Fire
  • 1970
    Primavera Lacrimógena

    Primavera Lacrimógena

    Primavera Lacrimógena

    01970HD

    A poetic short film showing a day in the 2019 protests in Santiago, Chile through documentary images.

    Primavera Lacrimógena
  • 2008
    La vita nuova

    La vita nuova

    La vita nuova

    72008HD

    La vita nuova
  • 2016
    相思(上)

    相思(上)

    相思(上)

    8.82016HD

    相思(上)
  • 2022
    The palindrome woman

    The palindrome woman

    The palindrome woman

    02022HD

    Anémona and Pisces live a capicua experience: they are at the same time the woman who looks, the woman who is looked at, and the very act of...

    The palindrome woman
  • 2022
    Un Cuerpo

    Un Cuerpo

    Un Cuerpo

    02022HD

    Un Cuerpo
  • 2022
    Ocean's Arrival

    Ocean's Arrival

    Ocean's Arrival

    02022HD

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

    Ocean's Arrival
  • 2016
    Duilian

    Duilian

    Duilian

    02016HD

    Inspired by the untold personal story of the 19th-century Chinese poet and revolutionary Qiu Jin, Wu Tsang brings to life, subverts, and re-enacts...

    Duilian
  • 2002
    Julia, toda en mí

    Julia, toda en mí

    Julia, toda en mí

    02002HD

    A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

    Julia, toda en mí
  • 2021
    Death is Smoking My Cigars

    Death is Smoking My Cigars

    Death is Smoking My Cigars

    02021HD

    Death follows a poet for his whole life, being a parasite to the poet.

    Death is Smoking My Cigars
  • 2020
    A Day in the Park

    A Day in the Park

    A Day in the Park

    02020HD

    A Swedish woman prowls through her childhood memories after a Chinese plane crash.

    A Day in the Park
  • 2024
    When Flowers Are Pills - A Short Film

    When Flowers Are Pills - A Short Film

    When Flowers Are Pills - A Short Film

    102024HD

    An interpretation of the poem of the same name.

    When Flowers Are Pills - A Short Film
  • 2021
    Xela Arias. Poeta nas marxes

    Xela Arias. Poeta nas marxes

    Xela Arias. Poeta nas marxes

    02021HD

    Xela Arias. Poeta nas marxes
  • 1959
    John Betjeman: A Poet in London

    John Betjeman: A Poet in London

    John Betjeman: A Poet in London

    01959HD

    Poet John Betjeman is shown visiting locations including Vauxhall Park, Aldersgate Street station, Camden Town and Hatfield, where he recites a...

    John Betjeman: A Poet in London
  • 2018
    Love You Sun

    Love You Sun

    Love You Sun

    102018HD

    Love You Sun
  • 2018
    The Blue Years

    The Blue Years

    The Blue Years

    02018HD

    Rubén tries to describe the color blue as "The color of dreams, of art, of the ocean and of the firmament", thereby unleashing half a century...

    The Blue Years
  • 2020
    Pond, Fish

    Pond, Fish

    Pond, Fish

    02020HD

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

    Pond, Fish
  • 1990
    Isla Negra: Neruda y el mar

    Isla Negra: Neruda y el mar

    Isla Negra: Neruda y el mar

    01990HD

    Isla Negra: Neruda y el mar
  • 2017
    Farewell Happy Fields

    Farewell Happy Fields

    Farewell Happy Fields

    02017HD

    A young filmmaker struggles with her mental illness as she makes a documentary with the author Fiona Wright, and challenges her to express her...

    Farewell Happy Fields