Poem Movies

A writer in self-exile is haunted by the memory of his long-lost love. Mysterious events and an unexpected visitor are about to offer him a chance to...

A short animation based on the poem "Onion" by Wislawa Szymborska.

A man loses himself in melancholic euphoria.

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

A story about a house elf (tomte) preparing the stable for Christmas. Inspired by the famous poem by the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg.

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

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

A conceptual art project exploring poetry in an alternative, modern way. Similar to a collection of short stories this project assembles a series of...

Approaching the microphone in a small room, a young woman prepares to make the speech of her life. Desperate to find her voice in the wake of an...

Video poem based on The Last Dragon by Radu Stanca.

Narrated collection of the greatest Dobrisa Cesaric's poems.

A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence.

A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski.

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

A woman rocks a cradle; a man comes to land from the sea, but leaves to view it from a distance.

A film-poem created for Counterclock Journal's 2023 Patchwork: Film x Poetry fellowship, featuring an original poem by Mackenzie Duan and animation...

We all carry our leaves, some of winter, some of spring and summer. But all leaves grow, breathe and wither with time; and so do we.

Based on the Edgar A. Guest poem of the same name, this is photographic ode to the American South, featuring representative scenery. Mendelsohn's...

A poet and his walk through a future of the dystopian present.