Poem Movies

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

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

From his book, Les Fleurs du Mal, an adaptation of Charles Baudelaire’s famous poem, Une Charogne.

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

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

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...

In the adaptation of a poem by Taras Shevchenko in the last third of XVIII a small fraction of 300 Cossacks who were enslaving their own people for...

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. It features the original song Take Me Home to the Mountain by Loesser & Herscher.

Video poem based on The Last Dragon by Radu Stanca.

An exploration of love and loss in Paris.

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

Two girls go from home to business stealing mail and packages in search of something mysterious.

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

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,...

In I Want You To Pause This, three registers (sound, image, text) happen at the same time. Since the centre of attention is constantly deferred, the...

A haiku about a window and a woman.

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

This 11 minute homage to the male member shows its subject in the various stages of erection. The voice-over poem by James Broughton includes the...

Adaptation of the poem by Fernando Pessoa.