Haus für Poesie

A Yarn

Min Cooper  Großbritannien  2005  1:32 min  englisch   Gedicht: A Yarn Therese Woodiwiss
A story told in words that sound the same but have different meanings.

The boy with no name

Adam Smith  Großbritannien  2005  5:36 min  englisch   Gedicht: The boy with no name Adam Smith
A tale of the loneliness and exclusion of a troubled soul, trapped in a world which he feels he does not belong to.

Corollary

Ian William Gouldstone  Großbritannien  2004  2:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Corollary Ian W. Gouldstone
About the atrophy of a theoretical math education.

The Cummerbund

Shelly Wain
Großbritannien  2004  3:21 min  englisch
Gedicht: The Cummerbund  Edward Lear
In a night full of twittering creatures and glittering stars, romantically minded ladies should not stay alone.

Door Feather Door

Tamarin Norwood  Großbritannien  2006  4:33 min  frzOmeU   Gedicht: Le livre des yeux Jean-Luc Parant
An excursion into the imaginary sounds of floating grammars: words overheard through the panes of night-time windows.

English Lessons

Stuart Pound  Großbritannien  2005  2:15 min  englisch   Gedicht: Paradise Lost John Milton
The poet behind the mask. Milton’s ,Paradise Lost‘ as remembered from the videomaker’s schooldays.

The Garden

David Lale  Großbritannien  2005  4:27 min  englisch   Gedicht: The Garden Andrew Marvell
Come rain or shine, every morning two swimmers leave behind their earthly concerns and abandon themselves to the waves.

Ghost Story

Erica Scourti  Großbritannien  2006  3:50 min  englisch   Gedicht: Ghost Story Erica Scourti
Looking through the prism of memory the own experiences are lost in the borderland of truth and fiction.

La grasse matinée/Lazy morning

Alasdair Ogilvie  Großbritannien  2006  3:27 min  englisch   Gedicht: La grasse matinée Jacques Prévert
A hungry beggar dreams of food he can’t afford.

Hallaig

Neil K. Kempsell  Großbritannien  2004  8:29 min  englisch   Gedicht: Hallaig Sorley MacLean
In a land between the living and the dead is love a hunter, time an apparitional deer and  woods become alive as women.

Kissing in Hats

Stuart Pound  Großbritannien  2005  1:30 min  englisch   Gedicht: Kissing in Hats Rosemary Norman
A moving path scans a set of four drawings of World War Two lovers, kissing in hats before the men must board their train.

La Lupe

Alban Roinard  Großbritannien  2006  2:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: La Lupe Linda Cleary
Enslavement of the Africans, their demonisation; the Irish, their fate of famine, and rule of the British are topics of this film.

Map of the Underground

Hywel Griffith  Großbritannien  2005  3:43 min  englisch   Gedicht: The Underground Map Ifor ap Glyn
A virtual journey through the London Underground network in the rush hour becomes a journey through the human body.

Oedipus

Rong  Großbritannien  2005  6:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Oedipus Nathan Filer
No film called Oedipus will ever end happily. A “hand warming” tale of lust, incest, death …

To She in Me

Maja Borg  Großbritannien  2005  6:14 min  schwed./eng.   Gedicht: To She in Me Maja Borg
The poetic journey of a young woman, that raises questions to her past and her future and leaves desires open.

Trailer Truths I

Erica Scourti  Großbritannien  2004  2:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Trailer Truths I Erica Scourti
Words and phrases taken from movie trailers are collaged together to create a darkly humorous text about war, evil and propaganda.

Tug

David Andrew Ward  Großbritannien  2006  10:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Original Poetry Heather Dixon
A dark fairytale of revenge and retribution in a remote fishing village in 1890.

Violets

Feargal Ómally  Großbritannien  2004  2:51 min  englisch   Gedicht: Violets Adrian Fox
Violets is homage to all those who died and a plea for peace in Northern Ireland.

What is given

Al Clark  Großbritannien  2005  5:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: What is given Andrew Motion
What is given can be taken away in an instant.