Call for poetry films and cinepoems: REELpoetry
REELPoetry/HoustonTX 2019 seeks cinepoems by poets, artists, and filmmakers. Any style or theme of cinepoetry is welcomed. 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.
ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival winners announced
Last weekend was the biannual ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival Münster | Berlin, the world’s largest and most prestigious poetry-film event. Six prizes were awarded in all. Continue Reading
Ó Bhéal and Rabbit Heart festivals release shortlists
Two poetry film festivals scheduled for October in Ireland and the U.S. have released lists of the films they plan to screen. Continue Reading
ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival to focus on US films
The focus of this year’s ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is on the USA. Selected poetry films from this year’s entries will present the current facets of the US film and poetry scene. Continue Reading
Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival releases longlist
Many of the names will be familiar to Moving Poems readers, and because Rabbit Heart uniquely requires poets to be directly involved in the making of the films, it’s a useful reference list of some of the currently most active poet-filmmakers around the world. Continue Reading
2018 Button Poetry Video Contest open through August 31
Button Poetry’s 2018 video contest is open to any poet over the age of 18 anywhere in the world. Continue Reading
National Poetry Library Instagram Poetry Film Winners
The world’s first Instagram poetry exhibition ran from Thursday, April 26 to Sunday, July 1, 2018 at the UK’s National Poetry Library. Here are the winning films. Continue Reading
Call for work: 2nd Newlyn International Film Festival
Submissions are open for the second annual Newlyn Film Festival, with poetry films as one of the categories, chosen by poetry film scholar-practitioners Lucy English and Sarah Tremlett. Continue Reading
Film and Video Poetry Symposium, Weimar Poetry Film Prize announce winners
The Film and Video Poetry Society chose five winners in different categories, while Weimar awarded just one jury prize, plus a special mention and an audience award. Continue Reading
Call for work: 6th annual Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition
2018 is Ó Bhéal’s ninth year screening International poetry-films, and sixth year featuring this competition. Up to thirty films will be shortlisted and screened during the festival in October. One winner will receive the IndieCork/Ó Bhéal prize for best Poetry-Film. Continue Reading