News roundup: 6 poetry film festivals still upcoming in 2014;...
The call for artists to participate in the International Film Poetry Festival in Athens is apparently still open. The exact date for the festival in December has not been set. Other international...
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Athens International Film Poetry Festival set for Nov. 28; tickets on sale...
We have updates on two poetry film festivals this week. The International Film Poetry Festival in Athens, which had previously been advertised as coming some time in December, is in fact going to take...
View ArticleZata Kitowski interviewed at A Younger Theatre and Write Out Loud
Two recent interviews with the founder and curator of the UK-based PoetryFilm project together serve as a good introduction to Zata Kitowski’s basic philosophy and priorities. In an interview with...
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Conference on poetry, film and technology at FACT: three views
I was happy to see a comprehensive, 17-page report [PDF] on the Feb 5 Send and Receive conference about “Poetry, Film and Technology in the 21st Century” at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative...
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Upcoming poetry-film screenings and festivals
Spring is almost upon us in the northern hemisphere, and with it some opportunities to see poetry films and videopoems on the big screen, with a cluster of events around the equinox. March 12 in...
View ArticleUpcoming PoetryFilm screenings in Scotland and Greece
In last week’s round-up of poetry film and videopoetry screenings planned for this spring, I lamented that there didn’t seem to be anything on the calendar for April yet. Fortunately that’s no longer...
View ArticleApril poetry film events in the UK, Germany, Quebec and Greece
Back on March 7, I posted a list of poetry-film screenings and festivals for the spring in which I lamented the apparent lack of events in April. Since then, I’ve learned about quite a few, thanks to...
View ArticlePoetry-film screenings and exhibitions in May
This is everything I have a date and link for at present. (Upcoming events for PoetryFilm also include a “PoetryFilm event at The Groucho Club, London (UK)” sometime in May.) All month (through June 7)...
View ArticleUpcoming poetry-film screenings: Minneapolis, Edinburgh, Lublin and London
May 21 in Minneapolis Motionpoems Season 6 World Premiere. Two screenings: 6:00pm and 8:00pm with a half-hour panel discussion taking place after the 6 pm screening. Each screening will last less than...
View ArticleVideopoetry and poetry-film events for June
June 5 in Tampere, Finland Video Poetry Workshop by Swoon (fully booked) During the workshop day attendees will compose one finished video poem, which will be presented the next day during the video...
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June 27 in Berlin Lyrikmarkt (Poesiefestival Berlin) Darüber hinaus werden die besten historischen und internationalen Poesiefilme, unter anderem von Paul Bogaert, Kristian Pedersen, John Albert...
View ArticleCall for submissions: poetry films about love
The UK-based PoetryFilm art project welcomes general submissions throughout the year, but director Zata Banks has just issued a special invitation to submit poetry films about love: All topics and...
View ArticleUpcoming videopoetry and poetry film festivals
Book your tickets! The annual autumn parade of poetry film festivals is about to begin. Some calls are still open: for the Vienna, Ó Bhéal and CYCLOP festivals (see below), and for the...
View ArticleCall for submissions: Carbon Culture’s $1000 poetry film prize
April 1 is the deadline to submit to this uniquely generous poetry film prize from Carbon Culture with judge Zata Banks from the UK-based PoetryFilm project. Here are the details. Poetry Film Prize We...
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