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.
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
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
Button Poetry’s 2018 video contest is open to any poet over the age of 18 anywhere in the world. Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
The Fort Collins, Colorado-based poetry film festival formerly known as Body Electric Poetry Film Fest is planning a 2018 festival, and they’re open for submissions through August 19. Continue Reading
Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival is one of very few outlets in the US for poetry on film, and the only festival that asks that the author of the poem participate in the making of the production. Submissions will remain open through July 1st. Continue Reading
The UK’s National Poetry Library is looking for Instagram poetry and poetry film to display in an exhibition. Continue Reading