Poem Movies

a visualization of a poem telling a story of making a piramid out of a mountain

A sumptuous short film of friendship and adoration between boys, based on a poem by Peter LeBerge. Moments of joy, bonding and roughhousing on a...

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. Al Shayne sings the Loesser & Hersher song Don't Grow Any Older.

The life and literature of Mato Grosso do Sul poet Manoel de Barros. Alternating sequences of interviews with the poet, verses from his poetry, and...

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

In the adaptation of a poem by Taras Shevchenko in the last third of XVIII a small fraction of 300 Cossacks who were enslaving their own people for...

1819. A shipwreck-survivor, the Navigator, encounters an Old Knight who recounts his tale: Long ago, the Knight fell in love with a mysterious...

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

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...

Sylvia Plath Read 18 Poems From Her Final Collection, Ariel, in a 1962 Recording

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...

On the beach at sunset a man waits for his one true love. When she arrives, a bittersweet romance ensues.

a haiku films, a poem by Nha Thuyen

Another entry in the Edgar A. Guest's Poetic Gems Series.

"Time" takes you through the city at night, capturing fleeting moments. With dynamic visuals and an atmospheric soundtrack, this short film explores...

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

A narrative poem brought to life and an ode to a grandfather's passing, NAMOO—which translates to “tree” in Korean—follows...

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