“Descrambled Eggs” wins 2017 Ó Bhéal Poetry Film Competition
Descrambled Eggs—the film by Kayla Jeanson with poet Steve Curry that I just shared on Moving Poems—has won the 2017 IndieCork award for best poetry film! Continue Reading
contests
We strive to link to as many poetry film/video contests and calls for entries as we can. (See also the festivals category.) Please let us know about any we might miss.
Call for submissions of poetry and film: Magma 71
Magma Poetry is now soliciting work for Magma 71 — The Film Issue: both poems about films and film-poems themselves. Continue Reading
Call for poetry films: Newlyn Film Festival
A new international film festival slated for April 6-8th, 2018 in Newlyn, Cornwall, will include a poetry film section. Continue Reading
Call for submissions: 2017 Button Poetry Video Contest
For the second year in a row, Button Poetry, producers of arguably the most popular English-language poetry channel on YouTube, are holding a video contest. Submissions opened on August 1, but I just got wind of it. You have until September 15 to submit. Continue Reading
Call for work: 6th CYCLOP International Poetry Film Contest
The 6th CYCLOP Poetry Film Festival will be held on November 25-26, 2017 in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine. Filmmakers have until Sept. 30 to submit work. Continue Reading
Call for work: new Oregon-based poetry film festival Cinema Poetica
A contest sponsored by the Timberline Review with a unique focus on low-budget, low-tech poetry videos. Continue Reading
Call for submissions: Filmpoem Festival 2017 at Depot, Lewes
Filmpoem, the “artists’ moving image project founded by British artist Alastair Cook in 2010,” is at long last sponsoring another poetry-film festival and competition. Continue Reading
2nd Weimar Poetry Film Award: A view from the jury
Whatever else one might say about contests and awards — and I’ve been as critical as any of the whole culture of literary prizes — they are a great way to focus public attention on a still somewhat obscure but rapidly developing genre. Continue Reading
Call for submissions: 5th Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition
The deadline for submissions is August 31, and the screening will be during the IndieCork festival (October 8-15). Continue Reading
Ó Bhéal director Paul Casey interviewed in Poetry Film Live
Paul Casey is the founder and director of the Ó Bhéal International Poetry Film Competition. As a highly multilingual poet and a professional filmmaker, his perspectives on poetry film are extremely valuable. Continue Reading