Poem Movies

A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski.

A modern reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven."

Based on the poem by Keaton St. James, the film follows two young teenage boys and the people they interact with on the day of the end of the world.

video art about growing up and the longing for childhood available on YouTube

The pantun is about a game I (we) used to play pretending to be the characters in invented fairy tales. This time it was a snail. The images of...

Gogu’s feelings living with his parents for the past 28 years and still being a (fat) jobless filmmaker.

Three weeks to make three films. Filmed in my last semester before College. "Time", "One Night", "8x8".

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

An exploration of love and loss in Paris.

A live-action visualization of the poem, blended with animation.

A short by Steven Soderbergh described as “intense sci-fi homage to Godard.”

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

Sylvia Plath Read 18 Poems From Her Final Collection, Ariel, in a 1962 Recording

You are alive like they are.

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

eyes roam / dancing in step with / my feet which praise the ground