Visual Poem Movies

  • 2024
    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs

    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs

    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs

    02024HD

    A short anecdotal documentary about the nature of destruction, a debilitating deadlock of humanity.

    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs
  • 2026
    Mudpuppy

    Mudpuppy

    Mudpuppy

    02026HD

    A reflection on loss and nature’s quiet observance in a small nook of the Ozarks. 

    Mudpuppy
  • 2024
    Downtown

    Downtown

    Downtown

    02024HD

    A girl comes to the city for studying for the first time.

    Downtown
  • 2026
    Rumination

    Rumination

    Rumination

    02026HD

    Rumination is a quiet reflection on a fractured relationship, told through memory, distance, and unanswered questions. Looking back, the narrator sift...

    Rumination
  • 2015
    Tears in Rain

    Tears in Rain

    Tears in Rain

    02015HD

    Digital images decomposing in rain-like effects. A visual poem, trying to capture the poetics of a cinematic rain shower into the structure of its ima...

    Tears in Rain
  • 2025
    Change and Don't

    Change and Don't

    Change and Don't

    02025HD

    An intimate visual poem explores the delicate balance between change and stillness, inspired by Ethan TK Trinh’s 2025 poetry collection, “Change and D...

    Change and Don't
  • 2026
    World on a string

    World on a string

    World on a string

    02026HD

    A ferry drifts along the Weser. Slow 16mm images of boats, railings, industrial shores, and cranes—scarred and clouded by the river itself, hand-proce...

    World on a string
  • 2023
    the flowers and sorrow he gave me

    the flowers and sorrow he gave me

    the flowers and sorrow he gave me

    22023HD

    Inspired by moments of the Brazilian writer Gabriel Yared’s life and mixing storytelling and poetic declamations by the author himself, the film prese...

    the flowers and sorrow he gave me
  • 2019
    Dreamtale

    Dreamtale

    Dreamtale

    02019HD

    An experimental visual poem about a sick lonely old man stays in his big empty house, dreaming of a glorious life that he could have. In this dream, h...

    Dreamtale
  • 1984
    Longing for Spring

    Longing for Spring

    Longing for Spring

    01984HD

    A visual poem where a woman visits various Buddhist temples in Nara and winter turns to spring.

    Longing for Spring
  • 2026
    People Like Ghosts

    People Like Ghosts

    People Like Ghosts

    02026HD

    A nighttime montage of strangers drifting through the city, People Like Ghosts is an experimental visual poem exploring modern isolation, silent routi...

    People Like Ghosts
  • 2024
    Pear-fight

    Pear-fight

    Pear-fight

    02024HD

    A visualized poem by Toma & Boyan.

    Pear-fight
  • 2021
    Bodies of Desire

    Bodies of Desire

    Bodies of Desire

    42021HD

    Using Varsha Panikar's poetry series by the same name, it follows the journey of a poet as they rediscover love, passion, and identity after encounter...

    Bodies of Desire
  • 2020
    To Hunger, from Thirst

    To Hunger, from Thirst

    To Hunger, from Thirst

    02020HD

    "To Hunger, From Thirst" is a visual poem that about the capacity of art to save and the positive impacts other artists can have, inspiring an artist...

    To Hunger, from Thirst
  • 2024
    Our Punjabi Market - a poetry film

    Our Punjabi Market - a poetry film

    Our Punjabi Market - a poetry film

    102024HD

    A kaleidoscopic montage, interpreting the poem "Our Punjabi Market" by Kuldip Gill depicting the vibrance of the Punjabi Market at 49th and Main in Ea...

    Our Punjabi Market - a poetry film
  • 2014
    circles

    circles

    circles

    02014HD

    a haiku films, a poem by Nha Thuyen

    circles
  • 2023
    FALL

    FALL

    FALL

    02023HD

    FALL
  • 2016
    Monks

    Monks

    Monks

    02016HD

    A haiku film poem. the early morning waiting for the monks. the voices. the fire. the wat drum.

    Monks
  • 2021
    Sitting Idle

    Sitting Idle

    Sitting Idle

    02021HD

    Sitting Idle (2021) is a meandering, meditative visual poem that follows the life of a nameless character over the course of a year - as he traverses...

    Sitting Idle
  • 2023
    Ilumina-me o elimina-me

    Ilumina-me o elimina-me

    Ilumina-me o elimina-me

    02023HD

    Ilumina-me o elimina-me