Poetry Movies

"Before I left today, I almost forgot to answer a lot of e-mails."

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.

Marco Paolini discusses with poet Andrea Zanzotto about nature, history and language.

Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from Houellebecq’s life with the text...

A series of poems.

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

Spooky stuff is afoot in a French school. All of a sudden, 10-year-old Daniel finds himself alone with Marthe – their encounter is both tender...

Kang Sai, a reserved and talented artist, has long seen his cheerful friend Xiao Xi as his muse. After college, he journeys to the serene Arxan...

Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism...

Xristos is married to the rich Rena. In fact the rich is his mother-in-law, who has big business abroad. In Greece the mother-in-law gives the...

A young woman goes on a cathartic journey through memory and imagination inspired by the performers at an open mic.

A documentary on the life and work of Poet Laureate, two-time Pulitzer winner, and environmental activist W.S. Merwin.

A spring night is a poetic film which is based on the motives of the poem by V. Lugovsky. The film is devoted to the theme of fidelity to the battle...

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.

"Taniel" looks at the last months of poet Taniel Varoujan's life, who was murdered in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The film's narrative is heard in...

The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.