Poem Movies

A short film written by Hussain Manawer about 2020 and mental health.

A small film based on a poem by Osip Mandelstam. What the poet is thinking about, sitting in his apartment.

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...

A man loses himself in melancholic euphoria.

The ten anthologies and eight long poems of the Sangam age are the oldest and most distinguished body of secular poetry extant in India, of which...

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

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...

A poet and a spirit have an ongoing deal: Haiku for life.

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

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

A lonely engineer is intercepted by a young thief, to whom he offers to give all his money with the condition that they share a dinner together. This...

Based loosely on a true story. Grieving his father, Mark is determined to power on and build his future, transforming his pain into song. In Loving...

1938 screen adaptation of the 1904 musical version of the classic Hungarian fairy tale poem by Sándor Petőfi.

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocalist Al Shayne. This film features the original song Back Seat Drivers by Loesser & Herscher.

A young non-binary person feels overwhelmed and wants to escape - literally, to the moon.

An expression of time and memories.

Arthur Johns' 10-minute experimental film is a personal essay on colour effects, set to a hypnotic soundtrack by Robert Wyatt. Although his initial...