Poetry Video Resources for Poets

Moving Poems: The Best Poetry Videos on the Web: An ongoing anthology of the best poetry videos around the web. Subscribe for a free weekly round-up sent by email
Poetry Film Live: a UK-based online magazine
Film Poetry
Liberated Words

A Short History of Poetry Film: an 11 minute short film about the earliest films that integrate poetry

Tom Konyves, “Videopoetry: A Manifesto”
Dave Bonta, “Videopoetry: What is it, Who Makes it and Why?”
The Poetics of Poetry Film, edited by Sarah Tremlett (Intellect Books, 2021): this encyclopedic work classifies the different types of poetry film, citing works from poetry filmmakers worldwide.

Matt Mullins’ presentation, “This is the Way It Happens” or “Two or Three Things You Might Be Interested to Know About His Videopoetry” for Nov 5/22 Symposium for Poets with a Video Camera: Videopoetry 1980–2020 exhibit, Surrey Art Gallery) (14.23 minutes)
Training and Resources section of the webmagazine, Poetry Film Live which covers getting started, what makes a good poetry film, basic equipment, approaches to making a poetry film, filming, camera movement, angles, shots and composition, sound, lighting, editing, transitions and more
The Institute for Experimental Arts https://filmpoetry.org/e-learning/

Take Me Home Series: “City Centre”: a poem by former Vancouver poet laureate Evelyn Lau about the demolition of Vancouver homes, was turned into a poetry video directed by Jenn Strom which can be viewed online for free on Knowledge Network.
“Canoe”: a poem set in the Georgian Bay area of Ontario, written and narrated by Kate Flaherty Marshall, with live action videography and music by Mark Korven; and “Rose Quartz” also by Kate Flaherty Marshall, live action videography by Mark Korven, music by Gabe Flaherty which features sunset at Harold’s Point, Killbear Park, Ontario.
“Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski: A Poem by Henry Doyle” an animated poetry video set in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, based on Henry Doyle’s poem made by a team led by Fiona Tinwei Lam with animator H. Kristen Campbell.
“Winter Sleep”: a poem by Sheri Benning was turned into an atmospheric poetry video by Sheri Benning, her sister Heather Benning and filmmaker Chad Galloway and shot in the Rural Municipality of Wolverine Creek in Saskatchewan.
“Wolf Lake”: a poem by Elizabeth Bachinsky about a young woman’s sexual assault and murder was turned into a poetry video by Michael Smith.
“Novena”: a poem by Shirley Camia was turned into a short poetry video with the poet, animator Rosie Holtom and film editor Viktor Pesenti.

T.I.A. (THIS is Africa) by Ronan Cheneau is a beautiful poetry film featuring place and dance.
Deadlock by Lauren Jones (UK) is an animated “flicker film” with a stream of images to depict the story behind the origin of the CHUBB lock, invented by two ironmongers who worked on an old English street, Daniel Street in Portsmouth.
Heliotropes by Michael Langan goes planetary
El caballo ahogado / The Drowned Horse by Pablo Antonio Cuadra
The Woods by Aina Villanger uses abstract imagery to accompany the narration/text
america, i wanted to make you something beautiful but i failed by Matt Mullins

Visit FilmFreeway for many more poetry film, experimental film, and short film festivals around the world.