Poetry Movies

  • 2015
    Riding the Highline

    Riding the Highline

    Riding the Highline

    72015HD

    A short documentary film about poet brothers Kai and Anders Carlson-Wee hopping freight trains across the country. Shot over the summer of 2013 on...

    Riding the Highline
  • 2023
    To the Surface

    To the Surface

    To the Surface

    02023HD

    An uninspired artist goes on a journey and returns with an image.

    To the Surface
  • 2015
    Cry of the Loon

    Cry of the Loon

    Cry of the Loon

    02015HD

    Set in the lake country of Northern Minnesota, Cry of the Loon is a lyrical mediation on life, death, and the beauty of the natural world.

    Cry of the Loon
  • 2021
    Love Boom Bap

    Love Boom Bap

    Love Boom Bap

    02021HD

    Love Boom Bap is a genre-defying short film. It features no dialogue and takes the audience on a journey of self-discovery through the music and...

    Love Boom Bap
  • 2021
    Bambi Hunter

    Bambi Hunter

    Bambi Hunter

    02021HD

    Lockdown, lack of green space, Don Quixote and video games.

    Bambi Hunter
  • 2022
    Blood on the Carpet

    Blood on the Carpet

    Blood on the Carpet

    02022HD

    A lonely character braving a steep mountain attempting to reach its peak. As he journeys the mountain, he is forced to confront a plethora of...

    Blood on the Carpet
  • 1970
    Return

    Return

    Return

    01970HD

    Using a small, portable HD video recorder, the artist creates a self portrait that captures his confrontation with foreign people, places and...

    Return
  • 1970
    Espectro

    Espectro

    Espectro

    01970HD

    In Espectro the viewer embarks on a journey that enters the dreams and thoughts of the filmmaker, exploring the nuances of image, archive, and...

    Espectro
  • 1970
    M'es en abyme

    M'es en abyme

    M'es en abyme

    01970HD

    A collage of images and voices of women poets that succeeds brilliantly, both as a tribute to the women whose words are borrowed and as an original...

    M'es en abyme
  • 2022
    CHICKENPOX

    CHICKENPOX

    CHICKENPOX

    02022HD

    CHICKENPOX is a poetry/film/zine project which seeks to undermine the binary of love and violence; to show that they are much more intertwined than...

    CHICKENPOX
  • 2014
    Holes in the Mountain

    Holes in the Mountain

    Holes in the Mountain

    02014HD

    Through video, photography, poetry, and music, the film creates an associative narrative structure that seeks to explore rural American landscapes,...

    Holes in the Mountain
  • 2025
    Only One Glove

    Only One Glove

    Only One Glove

    92025HD

    "I thought of all those gloves I see here and there on the street and it's like they're waiting for someone to turn around, look for them, take them...

    Only One Glove
  • 2026
    i before c

    i before c

    i before c

    02026HD

    A woman cuts off her braids and finds relief in her natural hair.

    i before c
  • 2022
    Folly of Fortuna

    Folly of Fortuna

    Folly of Fortuna

    62022HD

    Folly of Fortuna: a black and white poetry piece in short film form.

    Folly of Fortuna
  • 2016
    as close as possible / as far as possible

    as close as possible / as far as possible

    as close as possible / as far as possible

    6.52016HD

    With tones of nostalgia and magic, a universe is revealed where personal and imaginary memories seems to become indissociable. VHS glitches distort...

    as close as possible / as far as possible
  • 1970
    ISHI

    ISHI

    ISHI

    01970HD

    1-channel film installation (21‘20‘‘). 2.00:1 aspherical widescreen, stereophonic sound. A wife waits for her dead husband. An...

    ISHI
  • 1997
    Beaux et courageux

    Beaux et courageux

    Beaux et courageux

    01997HD

    Beaux et courageux
  • 2023
    Kefi

    Kefi

    Kefi

    02023HD

    A short for all those who worship life and have a poetic soul

    Kefi
  • 2018
    Infusions

    Infusions

    Infusions

    02018HD

    A video adaptation of Shannon Sankey's poem Infusions. Readings of the poem are combined with old commercials and home video-styled clips depicting...

    Infusions
  • 1979
    Luna Tune

    Luna Tune

    Luna Tune

    41979HD

    A short 1979 sand animation celebrating women's spirituality with 80-year-old lesbian poet Elsa Gidlow reading her work "What If."

    Luna Tune