Poetry Movies

Lost in the foreign city of Budapest, a solitary Chinese man finds his place in the world not through words, but through a single, unexpected moment...

Set in the Faubourg à mélasse district of Montreal, Quebec, in the 1950s, the film centres on a conflict between the Roman Catholic...

Musicians inspired by the Moon. Since the Apollo landings, the Moon has entered popular consciousness like never before. A journey through pop...

The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the...

A poetic and critical look at a society that, identifying itself with the masses, has decided to exclude those who cultivate their individuality....

When Tess Kelley realizes her daughter Jenny Kelley still isn't over her divorce from musician Rick Meadows, the irresponsible, ever-absent father of...

Documentary about the poet, writer and playwright Hilda Hilst, considered by critics as one of the most important voices of the Portuguese language...

A poetic short film showing a day in the 2019 protests in Santiago, Chile through documentary images.

An event organised by CND pits the bomb against poetry. Hear artists who hoped that words and rhymes could put an end to destructive times.

From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and...

At the end of the Reagan years, rocker and confrontational performance artist Lydia Lunch launches a broadside. From a formal podium, she attacks the...

An indictment ballad of all the different political groups in America.

In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died,...

Enraged, a teacher murders a young pupil. Over the years, another boy is bred for one sole purpose: to avenge his sister’s death.

Daniela wanders around Santiago in search of "The City of the Caesars", a Chilean film that has disappeared. She meets Bárbara and Manuel, who...

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

Following a tumultuous breakup, a young college student tries to win back her ex-girlfriend by performing in a confessional-style poetry slam.

A man of words is forced to become a man of action as John discovers the secret bucket list of his ill son Robin. The two abscond from the hospital...

Seamus Murphy’s documentary examines Irish writer Pat Ingoldsby’s unique world. Ingoldsby’s poems and candid anecdotes bear witness...