Poetry Movies

A "cinematic object" by Mariano Llinás, divided into 9 chapters, based on the poetry of Henri Michaux.

17-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.

An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

In this surrealist vignette-based film, a goldfish makes conversation with various objects. A TV becomes a writer, a triangle learns it is not a...

This is the tale of a young woman, growing up in the age of the internet and turning the search for oneself into a public spectacle, allowing kids...

Carta a Uma Jovem Escritora is a reflection on memory and forgetting, presented through five striking portraits of five Portuguese women writers:...

A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.

Enraged, a teacher murders a young pupil. Over the years, another boy is bred for one sole purpose: to avenge his sister’s death.

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

A documentary short in which Terence Davies talks about his life and his love for the arts in what turned out to be his final interview.

Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his...

A Thousand Years of Joy charts poet/activist Robert Bly's journey from Midwestern farm boy to global troubadour, bestselling author of Iron John and...

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...

A documentary about the life and work of poet and visual artist Moacy Cirne.

An ethereal trip to Lana Del Rey's conception of Adam and Eve story. In the beginning as sinners, they the fall from heaven, away from Marilyn and...

Solentime (2020), directed by Carlos Henríquez Consalvi and Camilo Henríquez, revisits the memory of poet-priest Ernesto Cardenal and...