Haus für Poesie

Die Begegnung/The Encounter

Andreas Pieper Deutschland  2005  5:00 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Die Begegnung Friedrich Schiller
About fast food in winter, waiting for denial and the hope of being recognized.

Belles Lettres – I died for beauty/Beautiful Letters - I died for beauty

Kylie Hibbert   Neuseeland  2005  4:19 min  englisch   Gedicht: I died for beauty Emily Dickinson
The film utilises the poetry of Emily Dickinson to explore the potential of paralinguistics and poetry as emotive narrative.

Belles Lettres – Mirror/Beautiful Letters - Mirror

Kylie Hibbert  Neuseeland  2005  3:23 min  englisch   Gedicht: Mirror Sylvia Plath
By transforming the words into kinetic performance the film seeks to expand typographical conventions of published poetry.

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.

The Death of William Burroughs

Antonello Faretta  Italien  2005  4:44 min  eOmitalU   Gedicht: The Death of William Burroughs John Giorno
In a foggy spooky desert town the soul of the poet William Burroughs seems to live on.

Die Bürgschaft/The Hostage

Constanze Knoche  Deutschland  2005  5:00 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Die Bürgschaft Friedrich Schiller
About failing Schiller.

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.

Fitting Room

Lucie Helena Boucek  Deutschland  2006  0:32 min  englisch   Gedicht: Sonnet No. 62 William Shakespeare
Being in love with yourself is in vogue.

Freispiel/Free Play

Bernhard Kraker v. Schwarzenfeld Deutschland  2006  2:30 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Wandrers Nachtlied Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Kids play hide and seek. Counting out rhyme is a Goethe poem. Schiller is also part of the game.

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.

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.

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. 

Morgenlicht/Morning light

Andree Volkmann  Deutschland  2006  1:05 min  deutsch   Gedicht: As if i asked a common Alms  Emily Dickinson
In what seems to be unintended and absent-minded, a young man recites Emily Dickinson.

Nummerierte Schichten/Foliated Layers

Silvana Franzetti  Argentinien  2005  2:40 min  spOmdtU   Gedicht: Capas foliadas Silvana Franzetti
The posters in the town are folding up, on top of each other, and then move into the background – they are part of a new  poetic chapter.

Nuvolari

Antonio Poce, Valerio Marut  Italien  2005  5:00 min  italienisch   Gedicht: Due haiku per Nuvolari Giovanni Fontana
A shining sabre that cuts across the atmospheres of dreaming and the rarefied vibrations of the voice to celebrate a legendary race driver.

Over Fenomenen & Existenties No.3

André Schreuders  Niederlande  2006  10:00 min  russOmeU   Gedicht: II statements of Daniil Ivanovich Charms Daniil Charms
A film about fluid thinking in a mixture of animation, poetry, and documentary based on the short story of Daniil Charms.

The Plum

Rebecca Reagan  USA  2004  3:07 min  englisch   Gedicht: spring haikus basho
A passage between the human psyche and the collective subconscious; mimicking the idea of a plum blooming in a thicket.

Schluchten des Schlafs/bysses of Sleep

Regina Heck   Deutschland  2004  3:35 min  deutsch   Gedicht: Im Schlaf und ... Ernst Meister
A river bank, pulsing sunlight and a woman in the mud. The encounter with a mystical lover…

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.

Tyger

Guilherme Marcondes  Brasilien  2006  4:30 min  ohne Dialoge   Gedicht: Tyger William Blake
A giant tiger mysteriously appears in a big city. It will reveal the hidden reality in an otherwise ordinary night.

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.