Poetry Movies

  • 1970
    Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams

    Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams

    Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams

    01970HD

    A dream character tries to sell telepathic devices on a dream TV network, only to be confronted with a poetic existential crisis!

    Planet Poetica & the City of Dreams
  • 2022
    Spectrum

    Spectrum

    Spectrum

    02022HD

    Filmmaker Tegan Pearce combines autobiographical spoken word and expressive visual direction to present a cinematic interpretation of autism.

    Spectrum
  • 2026
    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    02026HD

    A nervous young poet takes the stage to perform, but as he speaks, his words are shown through a symbolic inner world where self-confinement takes...

    Butterfly
  • 2020
    Brûler

    Brûler

    Brûler

    02020HD

    A short poetic narrative about dealing with separation. Told in French and presented to English audiences without subtitles to leave the characters'...

    Brûler
  • 1970
    Robert Frost's The Death of a Hired Man

    Robert Frost's The Death of a Hired Man

    Robert Frost's The Death of a Hired Man

    01970HD

    A 1979 short dramatization of a poem by Robert Frost.

    Robert Frost's The Death of a Hired Man
  • 2015
    Disappointed dromedary

    Disappointed dromedary

    Disappointed dromedary

    02015HD

    A young dromedary attends its first conference. Its happiness is going to turn into deep disappointment.

    Disappointed dromedary
  • 2022
    Beginning’s End

    Beginning’s End

    Beginning’s End

    02022HD

    "And where most end we'll find our way to start."

    Beginning’s End
  • 2022
    Cowboy Poets

    Cowboy Poets

    Cowboy Poets

    72022HD

    Since 1985, poets, songwriters and musicians have gathered at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Nevada.

    Cowboy Poets
  • 2024
    Tales of the Deity's Lover

    Tales of the Deity's Lover

    Tales of the Deity's Lover

    02024HD

    Various clips of jellyfish accompanied by the narration of two poems concerning a deity's lover.

    Tales of the Deity's Lover
  • 2022
    In the Broken Eye of the Butterfly

    In the Broken Eye of the Butterfly

    In the Broken Eye of the Butterfly

    02022HD

    The butterfly mime is getting up but there is no one left to watch the show. Skin, eyes, walls, wings, hair, sun, earth. An old song of tomorrow A...

    In the Broken Eye of the Butterfly
  • 1970
    Birth of Venus

    Birth of Venus

    Birth of Venus

    01970HD

    Forced into quarantine for 10 days upon arrival in Rome, an exchange student’s journey into processing the past comes to a sudden stop, as he...

    Birth of Venus
  • 2013
    Bad Blood

    Bad Blood

    Bad Blood

    02013HD

    "A Brutalist film-poem about the nature of a family tree and the macabre ancestral tales that work their way into your identity, whether you like it...

    Bad Blood
  • 2023
    Stones and Words

    Stones and Words

    Stones and Words

    02023HD

    Stefano is a filmmaker commissioned to make a movie about the poet Rosanna Bertoja. The two discover they share an unusual interest: a passion for...

    Stones and Words
  • 2012
    Dream & Deed

    Dream & Deed

    Dream & Deed

    02012HD

    In the period 1891-1927, Henriette Roland Holst goes through a dramatic development. As an aspiring poet from an affluent bourgeois milieu she throws...

    Dream & Deed
  • 2026
    El Arte del Despues

    El Arte del Despues

    El Arte del Despues

    02026HD

    El Arte del Despues
  • 2021
    Hop Along Hang On

    Hop Along Hang On

    Hop Along Hang On

    02021HD

    Rose the rabbit seeks her way home in this poetic story of reclamation, recovery, and reconciliation.

    Hop Along Hang On
  • 2025
    Death Sounds a Quiet Gong

    Death Sounds a Quiet Gong

    Death Sounds a Quiet Gong

    02025HD

    ‘Death Sounds a Quiet Gong’ was originally screened at Village Works (12 St. Marks Place, New York City, NY) on October 24, 2025. The...

    Death Sounds a Quiet Gong
  • 1935
    The Scout Master

    The Scout Master

    The Scout Master

    01935HD

    A poetic Gem from Edgar A. Guest. This film features Al Shayne singing A Real True Pal by Frank Loesser and Lou Herscher.

    The Scout Master
  • 2024
    See You Later

    See You Later

    See You Later

    9.52024HD

    A young woman revisits memories of her fiancé while silently coping with the distance that separates them. Amid routines that now feel...

    See You Later
  • 1999
    Figures

    Figures

    Figures

    01999HD

    Three short experimental video lyrics based on the classical figure.

    Figures