Haus für Poesie

19 Dots as closing credits to thinking of a word + A re-entering dot of knowledge

Gerben Kruk  Niederlande  2006  5:03 min  englisch   Gedicht: 19 dots as closing credits to thinking of a word + A re-entering dot of knowledge Gerben Kruk
This video originated out of kind of a mental housekeeping, putting things together and see if it fits.

Afraid so

Jay Rosenblatt  USA  2006  3:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Afraid so Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Accompanied by the oppressive feeling that the posed questions always still include the response, an impending doom permeates the film.

Alles is nieuw/All is new

Oerd van Cuijlenborg  Niederlande  2006  1:00 min  niederl.   Gedicht: Alles is nieuw Esther Jansma
Everything the poet sees in his surroundings, changes when experienced with a loved one.

David hatza‘ir/Young David

Avi Dabach  Israel  2005  5:30 min  hebräisch   Gedicht: Young David Yehuda Amichay
The battle is over and in the middle of a lonely desert the warrior places his head trustfully in the lap of a shepherd.

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.

Helomskie obychai/Khelom’s customs

Irina Litmanovich  Russische Föderation  2005  5:00 min  russOmeU   Gedicht: Helomskie obychai Ovsei Driz
A mournful celebration of the fact that problems never end.

Hu Tsofe/Watching

Dan Chyutin  Israel  2005  5:00 min  hebrOmeU   Gedicht: The Terrorist, He‘s Watching Wislawa Szymborska
An ordinary sunny afternoon in Tel Aviv is overshadowed by a possibility that too often becomes reality.

I’m thirty

Fedor Kudrjashov  Russische Föderation  2006  2:14 min  russisch   Gedicht: I‘m thirty Maxim Amelin
A melancholic reflection on time in the course of the world and alienation by modern spirit and the anonymity of the metropolis.

Keväällä/In the Spring

Sampsa Virkajärvi  Finnland  2005  5:42 min  finnOmeU   Gedicht: Keväällä Sampsa Virkajärvi
Working in the country unexpectedly becomes a poetic voyage of discovery in the wonderful world of nature.

Mahboobeh/Lovely

Ali Asghar Rasouly Emamieh  Iran  2005  11:56 min  arab./engl.  Gedicht: Saadi Ali Asghar Rasouly
The knight in shining armour turns out to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Mannaka No le/The House In The Middle

André Werner  Deutschland  2006  7:00 min  japOmeU   Gedicht: untitled Izuru Dequchi
“The crying swallow flies at dawn”  Pure japanese poetry, entirely filmed in the deserts of Nevada.

Podorozhni/Wayfarers

Igor Strembitskyy  Ukraine  2005  10:00 min  ukr/russOmeU   Gedicht: We all dream of a big, great love Stepan Shchipachov
About childhood that never returns, dreams that can’t come true and madness as a kind of happiness.

Straßenmädchen/Streetwomen

Silvana Franzetti  Argentinien  2005  6:00 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Mujeres de la calle Silvana Franzetti
As in a poem words receive a new meaning, elements of the video poem Streetwomen experience a shift of sense.

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.

Vier Uhr am Morgen/Four o’clock in the morning

Jan Walentek, Eva Walentek  Deutschland  2006  4:00 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Czwarta nad ranem  Wislawa Szymborska
Depiction of the point in time when it is too late to go to bed but not yet time to get up.