Poetry Movies

17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.

About the Swedish writer Stig Dagerman (1923-1954). More than a style, there is a Dagerman voice. This simple voice speaks softly, without emphasis,...

A visualisation of Spennser's multimedia poem for Year 11 English Advanced. He had to write the poem based around his chosen quote from a Gwen...

A nobleman poet embarks on boat trip with two local fishermen. As they hop the bucolic islands he recalls his youthful tragic love, his artistic...

Poetic stroll in the work of Jean Genet.

Heartbroken, Matthew, an American art curator, wanders daydreaming through a maze of artworks in his hotel in Tokyo. That is, until he has a surreal...

Voices in Wartime is a 2004 documentary that explores the human experience of war through poetry. Combining interviews with soldiers, journalists,...

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.

Based on the idea that drugs have influenced some of our greatest minds (Poe, Baudelaire etc.), this film documents just how influential drug...

A short film written by Hussain Manawer about 2020 and mental health.

A composition of symbolic, surreal and almost mystic images.

A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

Wingsuit BASE jumping is often presented as a thrill seeking adrenaline rush. Spellbound takes us deeper into the more contemplative aspects of...

Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Traces a slow advance through Paris in the early hours of the morning. The deserted boulevards of Paris are punctuated by interspersed groups of...

After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City....

A fascinating exploration of the literary — The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, by English playwright William Shakespeare (1604)...