Poem Movies

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...

Gogu’s feelings living with his parents for the past 28 years and still being a (fat) jobless filmmaker.

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

Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally...

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

"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...

Based on a Poem by Fabi De Luca She always thought something like this wouldn‘t happen to her. No man would disgrace himself because of her. ...

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

Another entry in the Edgar A. Guest's Poetic Gems Series.

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...

Sylvia Plath Read 18 Poems From Her Final Collection, Ariel, in a 1962 Recording

Three weeks to make three films. Filmed in my last semester before College. "Time", "One Night", "8x8".

A poem about a person with jelly for a head.

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

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...