Bringing Poetry to Film, and Film to Poetry.

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1. The Chosen Few

 UK 2:09 

A poem about the words that poets choose not to choose. Alan David Pritchard, Director, Poet 

2. Requiem for a Spoken Word  

USA 2:58

 "Requiem" honors the passing of a single word from the heart of the poet, to the poet's lips, then to the audience and its fleeting life suspended in air. A tragic death or does that word find new life and meaning in memory?  This Experimental FilmPoem conjures a cortège for a spoken word and honors the 100 year anniversary of Jack Kerouac's birth.

Jim Hall, Director Marc Zegans, Writer, Poet 

Jimi Kijai, Original Score

3. Ships a Comin’ 

USA 2:55 Inspired by Octavia Butler and Zora Neale Hurston, "ships a comin" explores Afrofuturism and contemporary Black issues to examine the African American experience in the past and future. 

Ebony Gilbert, Director,Producer, Poet

Asher Fai, Animator

Frankie Natashia Grinner, Narrator  

4. Utility Pole 

Canada 2:58 

The film explores the transformation of trees into the poles that hold our communications, the many branched network that connect us, as the trees have been severed from each other and their own living networks.The soundscape is a binaural, 360 soundscape featuring a mix of urban forest sounds, with the sounds of technology today and the pointed call of Morse code, our earliest technologically enabled transatlantic communication.  

Mary M. McDonald, Co-Director, Co-producer, Cinematography, Animation, Original Score 

Fiona Tinwei Lam, Co-Director, Co-Producer, Narrator, Writer, Poet  

5. The Yes Yes Fish 

USA 6:00 

In this experimental short, a magic fish delivers a report reflecting on the fascist uprising in the US. 

Patrick Moser, Director, Writer, Poet 

Jackson Moser, Writer 

Kevin Mahoney, Original Score  

6. Hop Along Hang On 

Canada 4:17 

The poem-animation tells the story of an actual wedding conducted on Zoom between an American man and a Tanzanian woman whose families were unable to attend the ceremony in person because of Covid-19 and immigration restrictions. 

Cobra Collins, Director, Writer, Poet

Alex Moon, Animation 

Renn Madeleine Bibeau, Original Score  

7. The Combine  

USA 4:56 

The film tells the story of an actual incident involving a railroad switchman who encounters a Native American traveler in a rail yard in the middle of the night. The switchman’s supervisor traps the traveler inside a boxcar, resulting in serious injury. The switchman is blamed for the incident. 

Micah Chambers-Goldberg, Director 

Bill Ratner, Writer, Poet, Producer   

8. AstroTurf

Australia 1:38 

The film seeks, in a small way, to challenge the naturalized accounts of reality presented to us on a daily, minute-by-minute basis about the earth’s destruction. Gaele Sobott, Director, Writer, Poet 

Daria Lytvynenko, Animator  

9. Max and Bena’s Quarantine Wedding 

USA 3:05 

The poem tells the story of an actual wedding conducted on Zoom between an American man and a Tanzanian woman whose families were unable to attend the ceremony in person because of Covid-19 and immigration restrictions. Micah Chambers-Goldberg, Director

Bill Ratner, Writer, Poet, Producer  

10. Beat Heart 

USA 1:19 

The poem and video were inspired by the insertion of a pacemaker/defibrillator. Margo Stutts Toombs, Director, Poet  

11. Price  

USA 3:30

Talk is cheap, until there is a Price to pay for the silence… 

Jim Hall, Director, Marc Zegans, Poet

Joris Ragel, Original Score

Peg Simone, Narration 

1. Photographing New York

USA 8:54 

Poem written about NYC from director’s 1st Photo Exhibition

Cesare Bedogné, Director, Writer/ Poet   

2. An Armenian Triptych: Retracing Our Steps 

USA 10:58

Three grandchildren of Armenian Genocide survivors respond to its haunting legacy and issues of Armenian identity. 

Kevork Mourad, Alan Semerdjian, Aram Bajakian, Directors,

Kevork Mourad, Visuals/Animation

Alan Semerdjian, Poet 

Aram Bajakian, Original Score

3. Odyssée, Ode to the City

Lebanon 7:07 

Music/Poetry video, an ode to our wounded city - Beirut

Jihad Saade, Director,

Sandra Arslanian, Writer  

Corinne Boulad, Writer

Sandra Arslanian, Corinne Boulad,  Spoken Word Poetry, Key Cast   

4. Dad by Numbers

Australia 3:07 

The poet recalls stories her father told her of the Jazz Age in the 1920s, and reflects on his other worldliness. 

Diane Charleson, Director, Producer

Carolyn Masel, Writer/Spoken Word Poet  

1. This Oul Fermimn Life 

Ireland 6:50 

Based around the Charlie Gillen poem of the same name, this drama follows a lonely farmer as he meditates on the hard rural life that he has chosen. Working as one with nature, he compares his life to that of those caught in the ‘rat race’, and questions what is important in life. 

Tristan Crowe, Director, Writer 

Charlie Gillen, Writer 

Liam Logan, Chris Eva, Producers 

Eugene Mullan, Key Cast,

Mick Crossey, Additional Camera

Dick Glasgow, Original Score    

2. Alexithymia 

USA 6:09 

A Pandemic Short. Inspired by the poem of Charles Bukowski.

Brian Alan Hill, Director, Key Cast  

3. Little Gem Magnolia 

USA 13:54 

A story of a relationship between an artist and his muse, Ayva, who is a new immigrant to New Orleans.

Kathleen Kelley, Director 

Paul Rabinowitz, Writer 

Original Score by Tom Mariano and Jordan Rabinowitz  

4. Empty 

Spain 9:15 

Without you everything is empty. 

Angel Puado Veloso, Director, Producer, Writer 

Fernando Gessa, “Father” 

Sergio Brotons, “Son”  

5. I Miss You, why?

Switzerland 8:00 

Regrets and expectations of a couple through poetic letters. 

Robertie Valee, Director, Writer, Producer

Toptopvideoswitzerland, Producer 

Capezzali Berny, "Sarah" 

Booth David,"Peter" 

Bouchet James, "Le clown"

Jean Pierre Limborg, Original score  

6. A Rescues Song 

USA 4:28 

A veteran saves a dog, and in doing so saves both of them.

Kimberly Villarruel, Director, Producer

Tommy Mel Anderson, Writer,

Val Cole, Key Cast  

7. One Young, One Old 

USA 3:52 

The old did not speak of the war; the young did not understand it. The poem and film accurately depict the director’s youth, played by his son, and the truck, uniform, and barn were driven, worn, and built by the director’s father. Jeffrey N. Johnson, Director, Producer, Writer, 

Phineas J. Johnson, Key Cast   

8. When Spring Came, I Folded Your Name Inside a Prayer 

USA 4:01 

A woman struggles to let go of her past love. 

Jessie Klearman, Director

Tanya "Jade Vine" Singh, Writer

Jordan Cooper,"Writing Girl" 

Megan Horn, "Ghost of Past"  

 1. Counting

 UK 1:37 

Based on the poem Counting;  leaving one set of numbers and finding another. Dani Salvadori, Director, Poet  

2. Reading the Body

USA 13:20 

An exhilarating blend of poetry and dance, inspired by the challenges and possibilities of disability. Four dancers with disabilities create original choreography based on poetry from Bellevue Literary Review, set to music commissioned for this special event, plus ASL interpretation. 

Danielle Ofri, Lesmah J. Fraser,  Lin Lombardi, Producers,

Key Cast, Paige Fraser, Samantha Figgins,Jerron Herman, Quemuel Arroyo (Q)

Tanner Probus, Videographer 

Paige Fraser, Creative Director,  

Carly Zimmermann, ASL Interpretation,

Saleem Hue Penny, Narrator

Randall Riley, Original Score 

3. I Am Already Free

USA 3:22  

A true story of a Los Angeles homeless man celebrating a moment of great clarity with a song he wrote and recorded while living in his vehicle. 

Chandel White, Director, Writer, Song Writer, Original Score

Tanner Cross FILMS, Producer

4. Unsaid

USA 17:51 

A visual adaptation of poems from the book Words In My Head, which explore emotions surrounding gender, sexual orientation, blackness and feminism through the eye of a gay director from a homophobic African country Nigeria. Ayodeji Otuyelu, Director, Writer, Key Cast

Ashleigh McGregor, Producer, 

Ejembi Adakole, Kone Sendou, Alem John, Paulin Essayiyas, Key C

5. Singing Ears in Spring 

China 6:47 

Adapted from four poems by Zhao Hanqing, in which he attempts to show the spiritual suffering of people living in modern cities. 

Hanqing Zhao, Writer, Director, Producer,

Dehan Liu, Producer,

Haochen Wang, Kun Shi, Mingjun Li, Yilan Hu, Key Cast  

6. Frantic Ghosts 

USA 3:04 

Inspired by a cross country road trip, this film explores the palpable emotional and spiritual energy of the deserts and highways in the United States. 

Kent Ameneyro, Director,

Brent Ameneyro, Writer  

7. Monologue Harmonic 

Canada 6:10 

A seemingly paradoxical visual and sonic offering speaking in part from legend, despotic visions, collective cultural analysis and individual repeal. Featuring two distinct and intrinsically connected worlds we witness a spiritual journey. 

Yuma Dean Hester, Director.

Janet Rogers, Writer, Producer, Key Cast, 

Joseph Owll, Key Cast   

8. The Parking Lot of Dreams 

USA 7:30 

Poetry written during and about the pandemic, with the solitary walks reflected in photo collages. 

Alexis Krasilovsky, Director, Writer, Producer  

Mao Chenhui, Key Cast: “Dancing Princess”   

David Gusakov, composer/violinist  

Vickie Sampson, Post Production Sound

Thomas E. Finney, Montage Sequence Design

9. Pathless 

Belgium 4:31

Poetic based film that connects the overwhelming periods of doubtful thoughts, yet with the resilient ambitions that one may encounter. 

Charlotte Verminck, Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Producer 

Bénie Boda, Key Cast, Make up

Inge Vrielynck, Rita Hutsebaut, Costume

Syntyche Boda, Make-up

Adele Etheridge Woodson, Original Score   

10. Odile Kennel - Going to Pasárgada 

Germany 1:04 

Per stop motion animated poetry film - minimalistic, associative - based on the poem by Odile Kennel 'Going to Pasárgada'. 

Ingrid Gans, Director

Odile Kennel, Poet  

11. Royaltee 

USA 1:09

The film highlights the hidden nobility of even the persecuted parts of Black culture. 

Kamari Bright, Director, Writer, Producer, Key Cast

Nyakuiy P, Jacintha G, Barry J, Tarik A,  David R, Key Cast     

12. Bárbaros 

Spain 6:33 

The hard trajectory of migration from home to an unknown land. Danilo Marinho, a young man torn between the new and the old world in which he grew up and the people of his own tribe, leads to an epic and real tale. 

Pablo Giraldo, Ivan Alvarado, Danilo Adriano Marinho, Directors

Núria Such Basiana, Writer, Producer, Key Cast 

Anna Tréa, Key Cast, 

Dancer, Danilo Adriano Marinho    

13. Pandora 

USA 2:32 

Pandora, (Greek: “All-Gifts”) the first mortal woman molded of earth and water in Greek mythology. Bestowed with the Olympian gods’ largesse, she nevertheless, was punished for her gift of curiosity - in turn humankind was punished along with her - opening the box unleashed evil into the world, only hope remained inside the jar/box. 

Tova Beck-Friedman, Director, Writer 

Natalie Rogers, Producer, Narrator  

14. Awoken Soma 

UK 20:44

Awoken Soma shares the reality of a small sample who have experienced trauma and have embedded emotions within their minds that cause everyday pain. However life goes on; things with us can be missed. Behind the smile you cannot always find happiness. Behind the hard work  it's not always just motivation. 

Nadia Gardner-Charles, Director, Writer, Producer 

Leyla Alizada, Emily Crouch, Producers 

Key Cast Members: Kloe Dean, Elsie Ayotunde, Mikiel Donavon, 

Helen Suzanne Olaonipekun, Colleen Joseph, Elliott Banks, 

Harrison Dante Jerome, Bradley Charles, Marcus Damon, SUPA D, 

Sarah Lisney

15. Madame Jarrar 

Canada 4:11 

Through the power of suggestion, my video-poem unites senses and sensations, inner and external rhythms and variations in time.  A dull landscape unfolds before Mrs Jarrar while the representation of masculinity poetically invades her inner world. Madame Jarrar is absent to her own self, totally imbued with her memories.

Mathiew Samaille, Director, Writer, Producer, Narrator and Original Score   

16. Counting Backwards From One Hundred and One 

USA 3:00 

The poem/film explores a sense of chaos and anxiety. It employs overlapping voices and competing narratives.

Carolyn Guinzio, Director, Writer   

17. In the End We Will be Archives for Someone Else to Make  Sense Of 

UK 23:00 

For this project worked from an archive of family photos recovered from a stash of negatives that had remained forgotten for over 35 years. They had all been taken within a two-year period. At times near a hundred were captured in a day. Then they were left, not to be looked at until I rediscovered and printed them a year ago. This photo archive documents my own first encounters, as a newborn child.  

Helga Dorothea Fannon, Director, Writer, Producer,

Megan Garrett Jones, Key Cast, 

Narrator Donna Mckevitt, Original Score   

18.  I Am Plastic 

USA 5:44 

Spoken word recording melding music, underwater footage, photography, typography and concrete poetry. 

Richard Hamasaki, Writer, Director, Producer

Rich Rath, Original Score in collaboration  

Thad Higa, Graphic Artist, in collaboration    

19. The Way In and the Way Out are One and the Same

Australia 2:14 

This poetry video explores the themes of identity, sense of self, dreaming and the past, using a personal lens and visualizes these themes using abstraction of repurposed and reworked found footage. 

Diane Marie Charleson, Director 

Carolyn Masel, Writer     

20. Midnight Houston 

USA 3:00 

Shot on Super 8mm film, “Midnight, Houston” is a video poem that depicts, in mythic terms, a parent’s attempt to share with their child the beauties and depravities of the city of their nativity: Houston. A collaborative project with poet Nick Rattner, originally created for "Location: Houston Poetry+Film Collaboration.” 

Krista Leigh Steinke, Director

Nick Rattner, Poet, 

Sherman Finch, Original Score   

21. Gaby - The Moving Picture 

UK 5:00 

50 years in love and in films. 

Piers Bedford, Director, Writer, Producer,

Gaby Bedford, Key Cast

 22. For He Who Wears the Sea Like a Malo

USA/Hawaii  4:44

This film is dedicated to the poet Wayne Kaumualii Westlake (1947-1984). Poem, by Richard Hamasaki, Director, Producer  "For He Who Wears the Sea Like a Malo" (a traditional loincloth worn by men for Ceremonial occasions). 

Babatunji Heath, Musician and Writer

Bailey Matsuda, Original Score,