Haus für Poesie

THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME

Swoon – Belgien  2011  2:28 min  englisch   Gedicht: The Stockholm Syndrome Howie Good
A man and a woman are in a hotel room accompanied by strong emotions of regret, lust, fear, and desire.

HELIOTROPE

Vincent Vergone – Frankreich  2009  4:00 min  französisch, englisch   Gedicht: Héliotrope Valérie Rouzeau
An evocation of separation, reunion, and correspondence between a father and a daughter.

IMAGINARY ENCOUNTERS – NO 22 »TOOTHBRUSH«

Mysh Rozanov – Israel  2011  2:43 min  englisch   Gedicht: Toothbrush Mysh Rozanov
Traditional Japanese three-line poetry is used to explore emotion and sexuality.

WHEN I’M THERE

Ayako Mogi, Werner Penzel – Japan  2012  12:00 min  japanisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: excerpt from »21 pages« Robert Lax
As the young family is sleeping, three men keep a stove burning through the night. Morning rises, and snow is falling quietly.

EXTRACTE

Kana Fukui – Frankreich  2010  11:46 min  französisch, japanisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Hôzuki Kyôka IZUMI
In an apartment in Paris, a young foreign film-maker recollects scenes of his past, present and future, while restoring a book that was torn up by a loved one.

FROCK

Prachee Bajania – Indien  2011  13:24 min  gujarati / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Hoon et jaanti nauti ke tu hato atlo yaa Tushar Shukla
An exploration of bitter-sweet memories associated with the separation of lovers.

I’M STARTING TO MISS HIM

Sakay Ottawa – Kanada  2011  3:23 min  französisch, atikamekw / Engl. Sub. Gedicht: Aci ni micti cikateriten Sakay Ottawa
Through a sensitive and poetic testimony, Sakay shares the sudden disappearance of his brother.

BECOMING JUDAS

Cheryl Gross – USA  2012  7:08 min  englisch   Gedicht: The Tree Judas Chose Nicelle Davis
The poet has reinterpreted the bible by incorporating her life and establishing rock icons as biblical entities.

AVIDAN

Jasmine Kainy – Israel  2011  4:25 min  hebräisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Avidan Ido Yoav
A story that suggests that alienation run in the family

FROM THE SAME TRUNK

David Aguilar – Spanien  2012  3:00 min  baskisch / Engl. Sub.  Gedicht: Enbor Beretik Iker Fernández
The other and me. Me and the other. The other as me.

ROBOTS!

Jasmine Kainy – Israel  2011  5:50 min  hebräisch / Engl. Sub.  Gedicht: Nothing To Be Done Ido Yoav
Two different images of womanhood: the silent, pregnant housewife and the direct and powerful reporter.

SOAR, SOAR

Kristian Pedersen – Norwegen  2011  2:46 min  norwegisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: 16.07.41 (novel) Dag Solstad
The poet is a passenger on a plane circling over Berlin before landing. In the landscape of clouds, he sees his own father.

WASHING CLOTHES

Odveig Klyve, Kari Klyve Gulbrandsen – Norwegen  2011  1:49 min  hindi / Engl. Sub.  Gedicht: Washing clothes Rati Saxena
Washing clothes may create its own language.