Haus für Poesie

DAWNING

Swoon – Belgien  2012  2:30 min  englisch   Gedicht: Dawning Yahia Lababidi
A depiction of dreams with no setting or concept of time, in which dead people seem to be able to communicate with you.

WORK / FLOW

Elena Knox – Australien  2011  1:48 min  englisch   Gedicht: Prodigy Elena Knox
A poet creates a raw and melancholy poem not meant for other readers.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS

Tim Webb – England  2012  7:14 min  englisch   Gedicht: Many Happy Returns Tim Webb
A scrapbook collection of a woman’s birthday cards tracks this person’s life through the written messages and the design in the cards.

THE LIFE

Mia Mohamed Elmahdy – Ägypten  2012  2:32 min  arabisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: The life Kareem Maged Bayoumi
About the neglection of nature’s beauty and the movement towards a modernized life.

ONGELUK

John van der Wens – Niederlande  2012  2:12 min  niederländisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Ongeluk Mark Boog
The Dutch word ›ongeluk‹ means both accident and unhappiness.

NO MORE WORDS

Jerker Beckman, Tomas Stark – Schweden  2010  18:37 min  schwedisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Several different Antonin Artaud
Emma starts writing down the barks of a dog and soon  can interpret them into fascinating aggressive poetry.

PREFACE 1

Gary Hurst – Deutschland  2011  5:24 min  französisch, englisch   Gedicht: At the Threshold of the Book Edmond Jabés
A dialogue ensues between the original language and its translation, the text and the image, and the reader and the listener.

LES QUESTIONS ÉLÉMENTALES

Lanka Haouche Perren – Irland  2012  8:00 min  englisch   Gedicht: Vortex Theo Dorgan
A revelation about how the chemistry of elements fosters life and traces our origins.

REQUIEM ON GEORG TRAKL

Swoon, Sigrun Höllrigl – Belgien, Österreich  2012  5:33 min  deutsch, englisch   Gedicht: requiem auf georg trakl Sigrun Höllrigl
The poet as a visionary and the artist as an outsider in society. 

STYLE

João Teixeira – Portugal  2012  3:06 min  englisch   Gedicht: Style Charles Bukowski
Style refers to a concept of life. The thoughts of a young man reveal a way of living.

SMILE FOR LONDON PROJECT: THEOLOGY

Kristian Andrews – England  2012  0:30 min  englisch   Gedicht: Theology Jack Underwood
A man wonders through a zoo, when the absence of one animal begins to haunt him.

FRENCH MOVIE

Scott Wenner – USA  2011  2:20 min  englisch   Gedicht: French Movie David Lehman
A tense dream-time remake.

THE CLOUDY VASE

Jeff Saunders, Scott Olson – USA  2011  0:53 min  englisch   Gedicht: The Cloudy Vase Jane Hirshfield
Blink and it’s gone. But, this haiku-like poem is captured forever through the use of water and light.

HERE NOW

Barbara Meter – Niederlande    3:57 min  niederländisch / Engl. Sub.   Gedicht: Hier Nu Remco Campert
A short meditation on the impermanence of love and everything else.

MARVIN

Mark Nute – England  2010  7:11 min  englisch   Gedicht: Marvin Mark Nute
A boy with an unusual extra orifice in the middle of his forehead and the adventure he embarks upon when one day something important falls out.

JUNK

Kirk Hendry – England  2010  6:30 min  englisch   Gedicht: Junk Kirk Hendry
A tale of an obsession with junk food that may prove hard to swallow!