Poem Movies

A man wrestles with the nature of life after death and the purpose of his soul over the shadowy presence of his lost love, Lenore.

Adaptation of the poem by Fernando Pessoa.

On the beach at sunset a man waits for his one true love. When she arrives, a bittersweet romance ensues.

Approaching the microphone in a small room, a young woman prepares to make the speech of her life. Desperate to find her voice in the wake of an...

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

A poem about a flower going through an existential crisis

Gendhis was cleaning her house while accompanied by guests who came every day, but she was still waiting. She found many items given by the guests,...

Arthur Johns' 10-minute experimental film is a personal essay on colour effects, set to a hypnotic soundtrack by Robert Wyatt. Although his initial...

Two girls go from home to business stealing mail and packages in search of something mysterious.

The boy runs after the ball. The worker builds concrete dreams between buildings and soccer balls in a lowland field in Recife. The poet receives a...

A poetry film that tells the story of a man struggling with his deteriorating mental state and self-destruction.

What does a bankrupt poet with no desire to live have to say about life?

An audiovisual poem about a poltergeist relationship.

An exploration of love and loss in Paris.

Hand-processed, in-camera edited 16 mm footage of a desolated Italian beach meets four poems by Jeannette Hunziker, evoking loss, memory, and the...

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

A haiku film poem. the early morning waiting for the monks. the voices. the fire. the wat drum.

Works inspired by artists Basquiat, Banksy, Haring, and Ai Weiwei represent Bukowski's poem's theme of self-invention.