Haus für Poesie

Zie je ik hou van je/See, I love you

Patrick Raats
Netherlands  2005  2:30 min  niederl.
Poem: Zie je, ik hou van je  Herman Gorter
What seems strange, is common to a man writing a poem to his great love.

Sonntag 1 /Sunday 1

Jochen Kuhn
Germany  2005  6:00 min  deutsch
Poem: Sonntag 1  Jochen Kuhn
A Sunday's day trip - we accompany someone strolling though the town in the morning.

Poezie is kinderspel/Poetry is child's play

Bouwine Pool
Netherlands  2005  2:30 min  niederl.
Gedicht: Poezie  Lucebert
A whole new universe can hide in the smallest speck of ink.

One Person/Lucy

Taatske Pieterson
Netherlands  2005  3:30 min  englisch
Poem: One Person  Taatske Pieterson
Thousands of reasons can cause the death of one person but there are only a few reasons for the death of thousands of people…

Nummerierte Schichten/Foliated Layers

Silvana Elena Franzetti
Argentina  2005  2:40 min  spOmdtU
Poem: Cartas de estación, fuera del silencio de ese idioma;  Como si se pudiera enumerar secretos 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.

Het kind en ik /The child and I

Christa Moesker
Netherlands  2005  2:30 min  niederl.
Poem: Het kind en ik  Martinus Nijhoff
The I is searching for his lost inner child.

Just Say No To Family Values

Antonello Faretta
Italien  2005  4:37 min  eOmitalU
Poem: Just Say No To Family Values  John Giorno
An elderly local woman of a village in Southern Italy endures defenceless and almost guilty, the new values dictated by a poet.

Hu Tsofe /Watching

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

Generation

David Downes
New Zealand  2004  13:15 min  englisch
Poem: Generation  David Downes
A journey through dream images of electricity, work, human touch, birth, death, and escape.

Door Feather Door

Tamarin Norwood
United Kingdom  2006  4:33 min  frzOmeU
Poem: 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.

The Cummerbund

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

Budapest

Julian Grey
Canada  2005  1:06 min  englisch
Poem: Budapest  Billy Collins
A pen that goes off on its own forages through a fantasy world where calligraphic bugs and animals draw life from an oasis of ink.

The boy with no name

Adam Smith
United Kingdom 2005  5:36 min  englisch
Poem: 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.

Boy

Welby Ings
New Zealand  2004  14:59 min  englisch
Poem: 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.

Beijing Love

Susanne Krauß
Deutschland  2005  8:42 min  chinOmeU
Poem: 6 Chinese Poems  div. Authors
Hope and expectations of six modern Beijing women shown in 2600 years of Chinese love poetry.

Afraid so

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