Haus für Poesie

Advent

Peter Bräunig, Sascha Albrecht Deutschland  2005  4:02 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Advent Loriot
The festival of love: for Christmas night a wife has thought up a special surprise for her incredibly bothersome husband.

All about a girl

Cecelia Condit USA  2004  5:25 min  englisch   Gedicht: All about the girl Cecelia Condit
A girl projects life, voice and ultimately her own identity onto an unexpected surrogate in a doll’s dress.

Arbeite/Work

Bernhard Bauser Deutschland  2005  3:45 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Arbeite Dirk Hülstrunk
While the author is trumpeting his message, the labourers in a sheltered workshop realize it in time with the consonants.

Caress

Mendel Hardeman Niederlande  2005  7:12 min  englisch   Gedicht: Caress Mendel Hardeman
Bittersweet poetry about loneliness and unanswered love in a world that is inhabited by feelings of inappropriate caress.

Carnivore Reflux

Eddie White, James Calvert Australien  2006  7:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Carnivore Reflux Eddie White
A gastronomical, phantasmagorical nightmare from another time about a little known condition brought on by carnivorous excess.

Dicht/Close

Patrick Buhr  Deutschland  2006  9:10 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Haiku div. asiatische Autoren
Why do people write poems and wherefore is a woman crawling on all fours over the Alexanderplatz? And is it feasible to come up to a winterly frozen floor with impassioned brute force?

Der Dichter und sein Henker/The poet and his hangman

Lars Johanning  Deutschland  2006  1:54 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Schattenwurst Heinz von Beiden
Unreachable is eatable, daredevilry encased by chequered cotton but even so it comes to a bad end.

Everyday Doctor

Kilian Görl  Deutschland  2005  3:41 min  eOmdtU   Gedicht: Everyday Doctor Kilian Görl
A doctor a day keeps the apple away?

Flaschen weinen nicht/Bottles don`t cry

Ilse Kilic  Österreich  2005  1:00 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Flaschen weinen nicht Otto Grabner
If bottles cried every day, the world would be full of red tears.

Im Hier und Jetzt/Being here and now

Herbert Wentscher  Deutschland  2005  3:40 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Im Hier und Jetzt Herbert Wentscher
Through the blurry picture of incense the viewer witnesses the troubles of meditation.

Irrlicht dieser Zeit /Happy Dave

Max Pohlenz  Deutschland  2006  10:00 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Menschliches Elende Andreas Gryphius
A supermarket is about to close its doors forever. The perfect moment for three clerks to tell the each other the truth …

It´s Over

Mandra Waback  Niederlande  2006  5:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: It’s Over Mandra Waback
A farewell to past lovers, accompanied by a song.

Kastraten und Männer /Man's Dignity

Philipp Hartmann, Florian Hertweck  Deutschland  2005  4:30 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Kastraten und Männer Friedrich Schiller
Some things apparently never change. 

Niet te geloven/Unbelievable

Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw  Niederlande  2005  2:30 min  niederl.   Gedicht: Niet te geloven Remco Campert
The poet in this film has learned little from the poems he has written.

Ollas Scheiße/All is shit

Ilse Kilic  Österreich  2005  1:00 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Ollas Scheiße Thomas Northoff
Nothing can save the world now!

Orthorexia

Nils Linscheidt  Deutschland  2006  1:10 min  englisch   Gedicht: Orthorexia Björn Schäfer
Playing ping-pong with raw eggs …

Prasselnde Prosa/Crackling Prose

Matthias Roth  Deutschland  2006  1:53 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Ökumenischer Dialog Robert Gernhardt
Ecumenical monologue, impregnated with wine, which leaves a mere rustle.