Haus für Poesie

Boy

Welby Ings Neuseeland  2004  14:59 min  englisch   Gedicht: Flightless Angels Welby Ings
From his world of broken dolls and flickering type, a young, mute boy battles to expose the truth behind a fatal accident.

Daumenlutscherin/Thumbsucker

Ute Ströer  Deutschland  2005  12:00 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Der Daumenlutscher Heinrich Hoffmann
Despite of all warnings this thumbsucker succumbs to her lascivious handicap and receives a bloody bill.

Die Engel sind fort/The angels are gone

Joanna Maxellon  Deutschland  2006  3:00 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Die Engel sind fort Harald Jantschke
In the fairy brightness of childish fantasy, angels and demons alike wave behind the lately cleaned windows of the past.

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.

Je suis de tout mon coeur/I am with all my heart

Claus Blume  Deutschland  2006  2:30 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Je suis de tout mon coeur Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In a letter to his wife in 1791 Mozart creates a modern poem and his music makes the letters of the fragment dance.

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.

Love / Censored / Truth

Desiree Lim  Kanada  2005  5:35 min  englisch   Gedicht: Love / Censored / Truth Desiree Lim
A video letter questioning where the lines between actual facts and censored truth fall within a twisted romantic connection.

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 …

Of burning Hills

Jason White  Kanada  2004  6:09 min  englisch   Gedicht: Burning Hills Michael Ondaatje
In the loneliness of his cottage a poet regales on his memories and returns on this time journey to  his youth.

Satiricon

Apablaza Hernan  Chile  2006  4:54 min  englisch   Gedicht: Satiricon Petronius
Ancient erotic poetry towards modern pornography imagery.

sprechen 4 – marie/speaking 4 – marie

Christina Stark  Deutschland  2006  3:30 min  deutsch   Gedicht: marie dein liebster wartet schon Konrad Bayer
In this film the focus is on the language rhythm and the mouth as a tool which makes letters.

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.

Unfed

Jason Lam  Australien  2005  6:25 min  englisch   Gedicht: Cusping I–V Gareth Sion Jenkins
The painful eagerness of unfed hope: about the hidden inner landscape of our longing for connection, meaning and love.