Missing Poetry / 2017

In 1937, most members of the Belarusian intelligentsia, including poets, were shot dead in Minsk on a "legal" basis. A few years later, their names were rehabilitated. However, despite this, most of them are still forgotten. 80 years after the tragedy, the young screenwriter begins to collect a portrait of these poets, their life in the 20-30s of the last century. Who were these people? What were their quirks? What inspired them, what they dreamed of and missed the most?

Bread and Poetry / 1993

Majid who is working in a bakery, sends his poem to be published in a journal. He always dreams of becoming famous. Majid finds some pages of the book "Les Miserables" and becomes interested in reading it, but he has no access to it. He picks a book from the library of his brother-in-law and tries to change it with the book "Les Miserables" in the public library. He is not aware of the cheque of his brother-in-law between some pages of the book. This is a starting point for some other adventures which put Majid into trouble.

Poetry and the Gods / 2020

At the end of the 19th century, the world was struck by poverty, famine and disease. Marcia murmurs a strange poetry in her sleep.

Tamano Visual Poetry Collection: Nagisa‘s Bicycle / 2021

Three short stories, all about bicycles and/or bicycle racing. Specifically, keirin track bicycle racing. An aging cyclist is too young to quit racing, but too old to keep up. A friendship between two old friends would fall apart, if it wasn’t for the keirin race. In between, a magical realist fable about the bond between a woman and her bike.

Love. Poetry. God / 2021

A documentary about Latvian poet Ilze Binde, made during the last year of her life. She tells us about her relationship with love, poetry, god and her four children and four foster children. The photos by her first husband, prominent photographer Gunārs Binde, serve as living proof of the flow of time.

Poetry and Field / 2018

The film "Afar's Distance" tells the story of a poem-loving Alang who graduated from a middle school and worked as a language teacher in a middle school. Because he couldn't play his poetic talent in middle school, he resolutely decided to bid farewell to the hustle and bustle of the city. He went to the remote Erlangshan Primary School to teach. In this elementary school with only 16 students and 1 principal, Li Alang began to implement his "poetic cultivation" program.

Poetry is Child's Play / 2005

A whole new universe can hide in the smallest speck of ink.

Poetry and Distance / 2023

Your Very Personal Poetry / 1982

This poetic core in youngsters is also touched in Stanukina's less known Your very personal poetry (Свои, совсем особые стихи, 1982), a wonderful film about a poetry class. It is here that one recalls Kogan's admiration of Lyalya's emotional documentary skills. And it is here that one recalls Kosakovsky's depiction of Lyalya as a person of extraordinarily prosperous feelings, sensitive and energetic, childish and female, shrill and quiet. The young poets are marvellously sneaky, respectfully adoring and creatively playing with - maybe even deconstructing - "Aleksandr Sergeevich", Mr. Pushkin, Russia's exclusive trade mark of high culture and literature.

What Is Poetry to You? / 1980

Cecilia Vicuña made her first documentary while residing in Colombia after the 1973 coup d’état in Chile. Through this fundamental inquiry: ¿Qué es para usted la poesía? / What is poetry to you?, Vicuña unravels the role and substance of poetry in people’s lives. Speaking with school children, street performers, policemen, sex workers, fellow artists, and a scientist, the all embracing character of poetry emerges—its transformative role in personal relations, as a basis of oral history and the revolutionary imagination. – Chris Borkowski

Ambulatory Through the Poetry of Augusto dos Anjos and António Nobre / 2019

A decadent and symbolist Portuguese poet, António Nobre died of tuberculosis at the age of 32 (1900), having published only one book (Só, 1892). A symbolist Brazilian poet, Augusto dos Anjos died of pneumonia at the age of 30 (1914), having published only one book (Eu, 1912).

Graupel Poetry / 2012

The inseparable brothers Leung and Ming came to the big city pursuing their dreams of being successful actors. Unusual intimacy emerged in their daily life. When the taboo was broken, Leung realized that he was just living underneath the shadow of his brother.

there is poetry in bad writing / 2018

Am I? I don't know. I know? I do not know.

A Mere Grain of Nothing My Death: A Life in Poetry - Ingrid Jonker / 2001

On 19 July 1965, the South-African poet Ingrid Jonker walked into the sea near Drieankerbaai in Cape Town at the age of 31. She left behind a little daughter and an oeuvre of three laurelled collections of poems. Jonker's work fell into oblivion, until on 25 May 1994 president Nelson Mandela opened the very first session of the first democratically elected parliament of South Africa with Jonker's poem Die kind wat dood geskiet is deur soldate by Nyanga, a poem from 1960 that refers to the demonstrations near Sharpeville. Mandela chose the poem for good reason; he called Jonker 'both an African and an Afrikaner'. A white person in South Africa cannot get a bigger compliment. In the documentary Korreltjie niks is my dood, director Saskia van Schaik reconstructs the poet's eventful life, making her powerful poetry with its South-African rhythm tell part of the story. (filmcommission.nl)

The End of Poetry / 2009

Argo Okk's documentary looks at Estonia in 2008.

Red Poetry / 2023

A compelling documentary chronicles the journey of Ramil, a student and fervent activist, as he challenges Thailand's oppressive regime and questions the limitations on freedom of speech imposed by Law Section 112, which pertains to criticism of the monarchy. Delving deep into the heart of Thailand, the film sheds light on the struggles faced by those who dare to defy the establishment and confronts the state's efforts to suppress dissent against both the regime and monarchy.

Poetry from the Swamp / 2021

Underground Belarusian poets read their own verses inspired by the experience of living in 2020s Belarus. Sometimes poetic fiction and harsh reality collide in the picturesque backgrounds.

Poetry on Film / 2023

Poetry on Film is a moving image commissioning project for young and emerging Hong Kong filmmakers, motivated by the belief that poetry possesses an inherent cinematic quality. Its rhythmic cadence, vivid imagery, and emotional depth offer a rich tapestry for filmmakers to weave their visual narratives. Animator STEP C., narrative filmmaker Chu Hoi Ying, analogue film artist Jolene Mok, and documentarian Lee Wai Shing were asked to choose a contemporary Chinese-language poem written by a local writer, then visualise it using their personal cinematic language. The resulting shorts showcase the diversity of Hong Kong moving image practice, with unique approaches to medium, storytelling, cinematography, and sound.

Cinema Poetry / 2016

Four collections of short films based on poems by poets of the Silver Age.