Poetry Movies

A Middle-Eastern medical school student, new to Montreal, puts his relationship with his father at risk when he forfeits his education after being...

Marked by the death of his aunt, iranian director Amirhossein Beik embarks on an intimate journey, fueled by his experience of exile and mourning, to...

Amidst the captivating world of poetry, Melanie and Kyle's love flourishes. They explore the depth of their emotions through verses that intertwine...

Two friends visit their recently laid-off pal after losing contact, only to find him acting odd and making some questionable choices.

Through dramatization and interviews with her colleagues, this film captures the life and work of famed Puerto Rican poet Mercedes Negrón...

Twelve shots, four sequences. Each of them will try to evoke a feeling, a sensation, an idea, a landscape… just like the iconic and...

One summer evening in a small town in France, two teenage boys, Clarinet and Piano, say goodbye. For twelve years, they rejoin each other at...

About the Swedish writer Stig Dagerman (1923-1954). More than a style, there is a Dagerman voice. This simple voice speaks softly, without emphasis,...

A girl reads and discusses about 20 poems.

A popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate.

In a lush and lively forest lives a hedgehog. He is at once admired, respected and envied by the other animals. However, Hedgehog’s unwavering...

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

A nervous young poet takes the stage to perform, but as he speaks, his words are shown through a symbolic inner world where self-confinement takes...

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

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

A fictionalised documentary about the great Japanese poet Bashô (1644–1694), the spiritual father of haiku poetry. A monk, portraying the...

Combining the authenticity of Indigenous writer Rebecca Thomas' narrative, the power of poetry, and stunning animation, "I Place You into the Fire"...