Poem Movies

a visualization of a poem telling a story of making a piramid out of a mountain

A poem about a flower going through an existential crisis

A story about a house elf (tomte) preparing the stable for Christmas. Inspired by the famous poem by the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg.

It's Chico, baby. He's the king of love!

A ghost follows its non-existent shadow across a series of windows that gives light but no direction. As the ghost moves, a poem is read that serves...

A haiku film poem. the early morning waiting for the monks. the voices. the fire. the wat drum.

Sophie is both attracted to boys and girls. She is torn between Nicolas and Mathilde.

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

A visual interpretation of the poem "the girl / the scream" by Mahmud Darwish.

Narrated collection of the greatest Dobrisa Cesaric's poems.

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

Young, Jewish and misunderstood Simon Markowitz gets himself into hot water with his Rabbi when he creates his own recipe for a knish that no one in...

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,...

This animated short is a visual representation of Goethe's poem, The ErlKing that uses sand-on-glass animation set to the music of Franz Schubert....

Based on the poem "I Will Love the 21st Century" by Mark Strand

A man loses himself in melancholic euphoria.

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

A vertical film about self-love in the times of liquid love. A film based on a poem by Isadora Tricerri about freedom and the difficulties of being...

Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.