9th International Video Poetry Festival - Digital Platform
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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.
For Generations – Mironel de Wilde – Canada
Time takes us all, playfully, painfully, beautifully.
The Shape of the Land – Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer – USA
An animated illustrated poetic text that uses words and image as well as voice to convey a personal /political/environmental philosophy.
Mediterranean Madness – Artemis Evlogimenou – Koraly Dimitriadis – Cyprus – Australia
Dive into the cultural differences between Anglo-Australians and those that from the Mediterranean diaspora.
Amergin’s Invocation – Abigail McKern – UK
A video poem which is a translation and interpretation of a 12th Century anonymous poem.
Believe In Your Murderer – Makis Moulos – Spain
A poem about living your life as an homosexual person in the 21st century.
Red Watch – David Kennedy – US
In this snappy spoken-word short film saturated in primary colours, a woman recites an unrequited goodbye to her ex-boyfriend’s red watch.
A Barcode Scanner – David Shook – Mexico
Poet Zêdan Xelef recounts the drudgery of everyday life in Chamishko, a camp in Northern Iraq.
La Nana – Aurora Starchild – USA
A short poetry film about women's empowerment and confronting the challenges that must be overcome for equality to become realized.
Odour – Maria Baka – Greece
She is the co-organizer of “Poetry Slam Gr”, poetry slam tournament in Greece.
System Frozen – Matt Parsons – Lizzy Connolly – UK
A Spoken Word Short Film
Introduction – Michael Amter – USA
Narrated introduction for the 14-Days experimental video, contemplating the past, present, future in poetic format with biographical reference.
REST – Daniel Lane Baker – USA
REST lenses the last decade of technological change through the musical language of silence.
C I R E – Hannah Santos – Cire Ndiaye – Portugal
Hannah Santos’ artistic expression stems from an observation of, and deep curiosity for, the outer world and interconnectivity of all living-beings. Interested in media, sound and image; her body of work is inspired by ecofeminism and her select medium is film. Hannah’s practise is drawn to the key questions of existentialism but makes a point […]
Allen Ginsberg Capitol Air – Diana Ulusoy – Ukraine
Capitol Air is a song by Allen Ginsberg. It is track #37 from the album Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems and Songs 1949 - 1993 that was released in 1994.
Don’t Leave the Room – Mariia Merkulova – Germany
The story unfolding on the screen for the viewer, is a strange dream in which a man and a woman are on their way to a date night.
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Respiro – luisa Carcavale – Italy
A video work which intensely dialogues with the viewer, proposing a highly unsettling visual metaphor.
Untitled Performance – Ruxandra Mitache – Andrei Mitache – Romania
Inspired by the interaction of light through different mediums.
O – Anna Halbleib – Germany
What happens in our presence of over-saturation, over stimulation — of information, images, words — when we seek for tranquility?
Haram – Pater/Son – France
A reflection on our modern society and it's behavior toward sexuality.
Lullaby – Athina Georgia Koumela – Greece
Short animation video, using inspiration from F.G. Lorca’s Blood Wedding.
Asomaton – Mirsini Chatzigeorgiou – Greece
Project Type: Animation, Experimental, Short
Stone Eve – Isabelle Vorle – France
A fascination for the diversity of forms, which human beings from the depths of ages invented to represent figures.
Antimatter – Well Darwin – Brazil
Antimatter is a material composed of so-called antiparticles.
La Séduction Spectrale – Riccardo Ceccherini – Italy
A short film that pays homage to Dali and the free surrealist cinema.
Q di Q – Gianmarco Donaggio – Italy
The film was thought and completed in 48 hours.
Victory – Valentina Ferrandes – UK
The 3D polygonal structure is analyzed and re-meshed according to various parameters.
The Cover – Shahrad Shahvareh – Iran
This short film illustrates just a small part of a transgender's feelings about his body, from a different point of view.
Vecinas – Natalia Sardi – Belgium
A story of two solitudes brought closer by the laws of magnetism.
Zero Dimension – Sunya Madrigal – Mexico
An artistic venture that intervolves the stillness of architecture with the fluidity of dance.
How Long Will You Sleep – Marilyn Freeman – USA
Inspired by a troubled meditation on a medieval saint.
Fairy Tales from the Insubstantial – Julian Semilian – Romania
Beneath the current imperatives, these digitally kinetic paintings wager on the knowledge to be gained from the Unknown and the Unexpected.
DOCUMENTARIES & SHORT FILM ZONE 2021
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Mancunia – Steve Hawley -Michael Symmons Roberts -UK
Moving images drawn from 100 years of Manchester history by Marion Hewitt of the North West Film Archive.
The Universe According to Dan Buckley – Roberto Santaguida – Canada
In the beginning, there was nothing. You can get nothing easily.
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.
Passing 13 Things About Nella Larsen – Maya Han – United States
We are proud to re-release our groundbreaking experimental short film on one of the least known figures of the Harlem Renaissance.
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.
LECTURES & PERFORMANCE ZONE 2021
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The Poetics of Poetry Film – Sarah Tremlett – UK
Poetry film-maker, poet and theorist Sarah Tremlett is interviewed by author and poetry film-maker Dr Meriel Lland.
I Can’t Breathe – Dionne D Hunter – USA
I Can’t Breathe is a Poem/Spoken Word piece that sums up the similarities between being physically choked to death and spiritually choked to death
Lady Lazarus – Maria Salouvardou – Greece
Lady Lazarus is a Poem by Sylvia Plath. In this artwork the poem is narrated by a female voice while a dancer performs around a sculpture-installation and music specifically created for the poem.
As before, I didn’t do anything – Jin Young Park – Rebublic of Korea
Park presents archives of unexpected past occurrences that happened around the same time, in separate yet similar tracks with some overlaps
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