Poem Movies

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.

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

Gendhis was cleaning her house while accompanied by guests who came every day, but she was still waiting. She found many items given by the guests,...

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...

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...

An exploration of the complex, deepening relationship between humans and their surroundings as civilizations succumb to the relentless natural world.

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

Adaptation of the poem by Fernando Pessoa.

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

A haiku about a window and a woman.

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

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...

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

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.