9th International Video Poetry Festival - Digital Platform
VIDEO POETRY ZONE 2021
VIEW ALLPosthumous Echoes: Birds Fall, Friends Fly – Dr Fiona Walsh – Australia
A video poem about relationships between people, birds and plants.
Dream of Water and Song – Sam Luk – Canada
A woman's soul traverses the sea of time.
Autoscopy – Isaac Zambra – México
A nurse experiences a strange feeling about her daily life and a recurring dream.
I Can’t Breathe – Dionne D Hunter – USA
“I Can’t Breathe” is my attempt at giving voice to some of the travesties forced upon African American
Haiku – Martin Gerigk – Bashō/Buson/Issa/Shiki – Germany – Japan
A symphonic audiovisual project for two Japanese performers.
I Promise to Enter the Oversized Hat – Jiaoyang Li – USA
A gay friend was about to return to China, and the suspended future was as fuzzy as his gender.
The Opened Field – Helmie Stil – UK
Six boys finding their identity, themselves, this is the hardest task.
Borametz – Yannick Mosimann – Switzerland
Borametz - half plant, half animal - hybrid of the incurably vegetable lamb.
The Fruitful – John Collins – Ireland
THE FRUITFUL is a stark contemporary portrait which seeks to enchant the collective subconscious with an Irish recitation of an antique Asian anecdote which celebrates spirit over subjection.
Till Mid-August – Emil Simeonov – Vladimir Angelove – Bulgaria
A day to seize, an eternity to share.
What Would I Say Then – Ross Belot – Canada
A modified pantoum that makes a comment about the end of oil using a refinery in California.
The Melting Poem by E.E Mastlorin – Eni Derhemi & Elvis Hoxhaj – Albania
The video raises questions about important common thoughts that we all have been through as a society during the year 2020.
Hairless – Madyha Leghari – Pakistan
A fictional city grapples with an inexplicable, complete loss of hair.
Kopacabana – Marcos Bonisson & Khalil Charif – Fausto Fawcett – Brazil
An experimental work narrated by the significant speech of the poet Fausto Fawcett
Two Days Before I Leave – Eleftheria Panousi – Greece
A short story of light set in two different places. The places remain unknown.
Dread – Gabriella Bácskai – Lajos Danyi – Hungary
The poem, „Dread” by Attila József, portrays the childhood cruelty caused by poverty.
DOCUMENTARIES & SHORT FILM ZONE 2021
VIEW ALLMancunia – Steve Hawley -Michael Symmons Roberts -UK
Moving images drawn from 100 years of Manchester history by Marion Hewitt of the North West Film Archive.
Tape Letters from the Waiting Room – Steven McInerney – UK
An existential drama exploring the universal themes of death and rebirth.
God of Waiting – Amit Saxena – India
A short experimental film based on the pain caused by Migration of People.
A Short Film About Ice – Adam Laity – United Kingdom
A film-poem documenting the journey of a cinematographer through the fragile landscapes of the Arctic.
Fiat Lux – Yorgos Korakianitis – Greece
When night falls, the cities of light open.
A New Normal – Luzie Loose – Germany
A NEW NORMAL is a stereoscopic essay film that examines the question how to go on when everything has changed.
Silence – Sean Lìonadh – UK
In the isolation of lockdown, a lonely young man stays in contact with the outside world through voice messages, sent by friends and lovers.
Messages – Andja Arnebäck – Göran Strömqvist – Sweden
When Göran, 93, retired he made a change and became a poet.
Four Poems – Jason Jenn – USA
Harold Norse was a celebrated queer beat poet who experienced quite a fascinating life.
I painted my fingernails a rainbow – Jason Jenn – USA
Performed during an evening of spoken word hosted by Hank Henderson "homo-centric gets Queer!"
Homeless – Josta Hopps – Sierra Leone
17 homeless, WAYout poets from the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone came together to produce this film.
Don’t Cry, Dance – Pablo Rojas – Benvenuto Chavajay – Guatemala
A portrait of the inside process of the Latin America's most important contemporary indigenous artist - Benvenuto Chavajay.
Mercy – Marilyn Freeman – USA
A road trip leads Marilyn Freeman to the origins of racism in this meditative video essay about facing the religious roots of white supremacy.
Not Death But Love – Mary Russell – Gerard Wozek – USA
The great English Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning left an indelible mark on the world with her universal sonnet.
Hymns of Three Cities – Lisa Mills – USA
Racial violence remains hidden in the landscape when we cannot come to terms with our past.
Exordium – Laura Knott – Kevin McLellan – USA
The story is told through gestures and text, without dialogue, and no faces are shown.
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