Call for entries for the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2023

In 2023, the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is inviting entries for the International Poetry Film Competition! Eligible for entry are short films, based on poems of no more than 15 minutes duration, produced in or after 2022. All languages are allowed. The competition winners will be awarded prize money. A program committee will select films for the International Competition and for all other festival programs. The winning films will be chosen by a jury composed of representatives from the worlds of poetry, film, and media.


Closing date for entries: 1 June 2023 (postmark date)

If you have any questions, please contact: zebra@haus-fuer-poesie.org



For submission, please use the FilmFreeway portal:

The 14th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival runs from 12th to 15th of October 2023 in the Kino in der Kulturbrauerei and in the Haus für Poesie. It is the largest international platform for poetry film worldwide. Since 2002 it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world room for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With a competition, film programs, poetry readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and a children's program, it presents in various sections the diversity of the genre of poetry film.