Poem Movies

A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.

An audiovisual poem about a poltergeist relationship.

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

Sylvia Plath Read 18 Poems From Her Final Collection, Ariel, in a 1962 Recording

a haiku films, a poem by Nha Thuyen

This 11 minute homage to the male member shows its subject in the various stages of erection. The voice-over poem by James Broughton includes the...

The Black Contribution – Literature and Theater 1978 is a rare documentary highlighting the voices and cultural impact of African American...

Young, Jewish and misunderstood Simon Markowitz gets himself into hot water with his Rabbi when he creates his own recipe for a knish that no one in...

A boy recalls his grandmother’s guidance on how to cross the street. Retracing this ritual, his memory, faith, and childhood converge.

A poet and a spirit have an ongoing deal: Haiku for life.

From the music of Uruguayan composer Florencia Di Concilio, English filmmaker Terence Davies does a cinematic reading of his own poem about his late...

In the adaptation of a poem by Taras Shevchenko in the last third of XVIII a small fraction of 300 Cossacks who were enslaving their own people for...

A poem about a flower going through an existential crisis

We all carry our leaves, some of winter, some of spring and summer. But all leaves grow, breathe and wither with time; and so do we.

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocalist Al Shayne. This film features the original song Back Seat Drivers by Loesser & Herscher.

The portrait of two young women – a loving team that complements each other with all their habits and rituals like two puzzle pieces. This is a...

Based on the poem "I Will Love the 21st Century" by Mark Strand