Poetry Movies

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

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

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

1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele...

Two friends visit their recently laid-off pal after losing contact, only to find him acting odd and making some questionable choices.

Through dramatization and interviews with her colleagues, this film captures the life and work of famed Puerto Rican poet Mercedes Negrón...

A young Canadian poet with Chinese and Persian parents travels to Iran to perform at a poetry festival.

In this surrealist vignette-based film, a goldfish makes conversation with various objects. A TV becomes a writer, a triangle learns it is not a...

Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached...

Frankie and Lucky, two young artists navigating love and identity in New York City, cross paths again after years of separation. Their reunion in a...

Released on April 11, 1920. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

The second "visual album" (a collection of short films) by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a piercing look at racial issues and feminist...

Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the...

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

During the course of a series of voyages, the pocket cameras of Pippo Delbono capture unique moments, ordinary and extraordinary meetings. From a...

Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitaï offers a look impressionist long history of armed conflict in their nation.

Second part of the trilogy about the Granada poet directed by Juan José Ponce, which focuses on the writer's journey to Argentina and Uruguay

A popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate.

This is the tale of a young woman, growing up in the age of the internet and turning the search for oneself into a public spectacle, allowing kids...