Poem Movies

1939 screen adaptation of the 1904 musical version of the classic Hungarian fairy tale poem by Sándor Petőfi.

Poem in a frame.

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

A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A young girl explores her relationship with fear through poetry.

A writer in self-exile is haunted by the memory of his long-lost love. Mysterious events and an unexpected visitor are about to offer him a chance to...

A poetic Gem from Edgar A. Guest. This film features Al Shayne singing A Real True Pal by Frank Loesser and Lou Herscher.

Based on the Edgar A. Guest poem of the same name, this is photographic ode to the American South, featuring representative scenery. Mendelsohn's...

The life and literature of Mato Grosso do Sul poet Manoel de Barros. Alternating sequences of interviews with the poet, verses from his poetry, and...

An exploration of love and loss in Paris.

A poet and his walk through a future of the dystopian present.

Narrated collection of the greatest Dobrisa Cesaric's poems.

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...

Frame... within a frame... within a frame... poetic... dark and tragic...

Video poem about New Hampshire and its foliage in Autumn

An audiovisual poem. Cryptic whispers speak of a mysterious being, known only to forgotten folklore, that has travelled across distant lands to haunt...

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

Images complement what is always lacking in words. The poems complement what is always present in the city. Freely inspired by the poetry Cidade City...