Haus für Poesie

870 films have been entered for the 6th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival from 63 countries. The programme commission has nominated 30 of them for the competition.

As in previous years, the three prizes »ZEBRA Prize for the Best Poetry Film«, donated by the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, the »Goethe Film Prize«, donated by the Goethe Institute, and the »Ritter Sport Film Prize«, donated by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG, are to be awarded by the international fiveperson jury. The main prizes have a total value of € 10,000. Films of no longer than 15 minutes duration relating to a poem aesthetically or in their form or content and produced after 1 January 2009 were eligible for entry.

The winners in three new categories, »Best Debut Film«, »Best Film for Tolerance« and »Best Poetry Performance on Film«, will also be awarded prizes
totalling € 5000 in value. The programme commission have nominated three films in each category.

BUKIT BERNYAWA

Steve Pillar Setiabudi – Indonesien  2011  15:00 min  javanesisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Mantra Tolak Bala Dr. Gabriel Possenti Sindhunata
A glimpse into the family life in Srunen Village at the time of the 2010 Mount Merapi eruption.

WAY HOME

Franziska Otto – Deutschland  2010  2:45 min  deutsch / Engl. Sub.  Gedicht: Heimweg Peh
A story about the search of oneself and a person with whom you feel at home.

IMAGINARY ENCOUNTERS – NO 25 »BREEZE«

Mysh Rozanov – Israel  2011  3:08 min  englisch   Gedicht: Breeze Mysh Rozanov
Traditional Japanese three-line poetry is used to explore emotion and sexuality.

Little Theatres: Homage to the Mineral of Cabage

Stephanie Dudley – Kanada  2012  4:45 min  galizisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Homage to the Mineral of Cabbage Erín Moure
Cabbage: a simple vegetable with many layers.

Hubert Sielecki – Österreich  2012  3:15 min  onomatopoetisch   Gedicht: Wiener Lautgedicht Gerhard Rühm
The characteristic expressions of the Viennese are played out in a fictional dialogue.  No one should have the illusion of being able to understand.

WHY I WRITE

Masahiro Sugano – Kambodscha  2011  7:33 min  englisch   Gedicht: Why I Write Kosal Khiev
Kosal, a poet and tattoo artist, resides in Phnom Penh after spending 14 years of his life in a U. S. prison.

25572 BÜTTEL

Rainer Komers – Deutschland  2012  5:08 min  deutsch/Engl. Sub.  Gedicht: [meine heimat] Ulrike Almut Sandig
A small town on the river is now a commercial area surrounded by chemical and powerplants. This place was once a home for its residents. 

WHEN AT A CERTAIN PARTY IN NYC

Amy Schmitt – USA  2011  2:01 min  englisch   Gedicht: When at a Certain Party in NYC Erin Belieu
Jazz und eine harte Männerstimme verstärken den Snob-Faktor.

SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF MORTALITY

Ginés Olivares, Adrian Fisher, Luna Montenegro – England  2012  8:26 min  englisch  Gedicht: Some Recollections of Mortality Adrian Fisher, Luna Montenegro, Ginés Olivares
Suburbia, the poetic scenario for the perfect crime. A metaphorical and critical study on the essence of current times.

FIRST DEATH IN NOVA SCOTIA

John Scott – Kanada  2012  6:30 min  englisch   Gedicht: First Death in Nova Scotia Elizabeth Bishop
Critics believe that the events in this poem happen at Bishop’s grandparent’s home where Bishop lived for a time as a girl.

THE WATER WHEEL

Mohanad Hassan – Ägypten  2011  1:39 min  arabisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: The Water Wheel Salah Jahin
A reflection of what is going on in our lives during these times of pressure.

 DEAR PLUTO

Joanna Priestley – USA  2012  4:13 min  englisch   Gedicht: Pizza Taylor Mali
A tribute to everyone’s favorite planetoid.

BOOK

Elton Baxhaku – Albanien  2012  8:15 min  albanisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Le Livre, instrument spirituel Stéphane Mallarmé
Starting as a sheet of paper, a book gets all the violence of machinery, in order to become a unified piece. But, what really makes a book a book?

JUST AS, AFTER A POINT, JOB CRIED OUT

Emma Burghardt – USA  2011  1:27 min  englisch   Gedicht: Just As, After a Point, Job Cried Out K.A. Hays
An elemental post-apocalyptic poem layered by transparent and translucent images.

OUTSIDE

Marc Capdevila Penya, Tià Zanguera, Albert Balasch – Spanien  2012  5:16 min  katalanisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: A Fora Albert Balasch
A man goes outside and finds the head of his father.

LOST AND FOUND BOX OF HUMAN SENSATION

Martin Wallner, Stefan Leuchtenberg – Deutschland  2010  14:14 min  englisch   Gedicht: A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation Martin Wallner
A young man’s father dies because of pancreatic cancer, and the boy has to cope with the loss.

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY

Juliane Kremberg – Deutschland  2012  3:20 min  deutsch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Manifest Morgenröte Raoul Hausmann
The institution of »daily themes« as a news agency covers the manifesto-themed issue on the relationship between past, present, and future.

CATALAN BALLAD

Laen Sanches – Frankreich  2010  1:50 min  spanisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Balada Catalana Vicente Balaguet
This film portrays a mother’s love.

HUNTER’S GREEN

Anne Duquennois – USA  2010  1:36 min  englisch   Gedicht: Hunter's Green Lauren Eddy
An exploration of a fragmented perception and the duality of the internal and external world.

UNCLE HARRY’S TOMBSTONE

Jordan T. Caylor – Spanien, USA  2012  2:20 min  englisch   Gedicht: Uncle Harry’s Tombstone John P. Tuschen
This story is based on a recording of a reading by the late poet John P. Tuschen

NORANGSDALEN

Kristian Pedersen – Norwegen  2010  1:30 min  norwegisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Norangsdalen Erlend O. Nødtvedt
A landslide dammed the river in Norangsdalen, causing it to flood a farm and small forest.

RENDER, RENDER
Angella Kassube – USA  2010  2:08 min  englisch   Gedicht: Render, Render Thomas Lux
A poem about writing poetry.

BAT EYES

Damien Power – Australien  2012  10:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: When You Are Old And Grey William Butler Yeats
Adam is having his eyes tested and is struck by a high school memory when he mocked a short-sighted classmate.

»I COME FROM …«

Daniel Lucchesi, Alex Ramseyer – England  2011  3:40 min  englisch   Gedicht: I come from … Joseph Buckley
A journey to a diverse and misunderstood city in Northern England.

MEINE HEIMAT

Johanna Wagner – Deutschland  2012  2:00 min  deutsch, schwedisch, englisch   Gedicht: [meine heimat] Ulrike Almut Sandig
My childhood memories are depicted through the games I played with as a child.

FF

Lukasz Twarkowski – Polen  2011  9:45 min  polnisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Poetic Fairy Tale Anka Herbut
The rough passage from a blurred childhood into a defined individual implies crossing and extending one’s own boundaries.

PETER QUINCE AT THE CLAVIER

Swoon – Belgien  2011  4:55 min  englisch   Gedicht: Peter Quince at the Clavier Wallace Stevens
A young girl who is trapped in a mix of intrigues and relations tries to wash away her guilt and her innocence.

RECONSTRUCTION

Paul Bogaert – Belgien  2012  4:45 min  englisch   Gedicht: Reconstruction Paul Bogaert
Four guards inspect an exhibition room. After the lights flicker off and on, they look younger and can’t believe what they hear.

LIFE AND DEAF

Eelyn Lee – England  2012  8:00 min  englisch, britische Zeichensprache   Gedicht: That’s Not all of Me Deaf young people from UK
An evocative story starring a cast of young, deaf Londoners in locations around the city.

LE FIAMME DI NULE

Carolina Melis – England  2010  7:50 min  englisch   Gedicht: Le fiamme di Nule Simon Barraclough
Anna and Rosa try to impress the judges by making perfect and beautiful carpets.