Poetry Movies

He stood, in pain, near the rope, in tears, while his creator hung.

Fernando Lemos, a Portuguese surrealist artist, fled from dictatorship to Brazil in 1952 searching for something better. The movie follows the last...

Spooky stuff is afoot in a French school. All of a sudden, 10-year-old Daniel finds himself alone with Marthe – their encounter is both tender...

Young & Na!ve is a poetic apology to everyone ever sexually molested and a film that needs to be seen by everyone ever born.

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

Luz and Denise grow up in the midst of the adversities of being LGBT in the extreme south of the city of São Paulo. Between Vogue and poetry,...

An ethereal trip to Lana Del Rey's conception of Adam and Eve story. In the beginning as sinners, they the fall from heaven, away from Marilyn and...

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.

A New York teacher indulges a mad high school poet who sees himself as a mythic hero.

A short animation film based on the question "What is your interest?", a question that can be quite confronting for all kinds of people and...

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Roma poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer,...

A giant woman wakes up on a pastel-coloured island where small yellow creatures harvest carrots. She seems too big for this world. Every step of her...

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

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

An American poet living in Berlin hopes to win a prestigious grant while dealing with her former relationships, a rival poet, and her own penchant...

The Dokuduo comprised of Doku Hana and Doku Lisa walk around Dokufest interacting with Dokucolleagues while they read their Dokupoem

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

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

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