Best of Zebra Poetry Film Festival
Joanna Priestley // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2009 // 04:00 min
Animation
A humorous comment on ignorance, idiocy and the indiscriminate use of spellcheck. Based on the poem ###The Impotence of Proofreading### by Taylor Mali.
Elena Chiesa // Italien // 2008 // 01:00 min
Elena Chiesa shows in her film and poem ###Polifemi### the playful approach of two faces and individuals - inspired by Polyphemus, the mythical Cyclops.
Orla McHardy, Alice Lyons, Gerlando Infuso // Irland // 2009 // 00:00 min
Animation, Experimental
Alice Lyons made a film and poem on the subversive power of poetry in the Polish language. Its visual style is based on Polish underground publications from the 1970s and 1980s.
Diego Maclean // Kanada // 2009 // 03:00 min
A profound and highly poetic reflection on life's final moments. Based on a poem by American author Billy Collins.
Ebele Okoye, Vessela Dantcheva // Bulgarien, Deutschland // 2009 // 09:00 min
A surreal chase scene following two lovers through stages of lust and lonliness. Inspired by Kurt Schwitters' poem from 1919, ###An Anna Blume###.
Manuel Hidalgo Martin // Spanien // 2009 // 00:00 min
In southern Spain, the powers of poetic genius cause a notable Roman city to rise from the rubble. Based on ###Canción a las ruinas de Itálica### by Rodrigo Caro.
Jonathan Blair // Schottland // 2009 // 04:00 min
A despairing poet's anger culminates in an unexpected encounter with the sun. Or: ###An extraordinary adventure which befell Vladimir Mayakowsky in a summer cottage###.
Zoltán Bogdán // Ungarn // 2009 // 08:00 min
Based upon ###A Walesi Bárdok### by János Arany. During a feast given by King Edward, local bards sing of the king's cruel atrocities. After ordering their execution the king is driven mad with guilt.
Johannes Vogt // Deutschland // 2008 // 02:00 min
Counting on the structure of words can lead to a profound change of meaning. A visual comment on Ernst Jandl's poem, ###Ein Schneebild###.
Simone Massi // Frankreich // 2009 // 08:00 min
Simone Massi tells the story of a young man and his dog who chase clouds, yellow flowers and the passage of time.
Kristian Pedersen // Norwegen // 2009 // 02:00 min
Pilot film for an animated series about a monstrous minority and their fight for some kind of survival. Based on the correspondent poem by Simen Hagerup.
Greig Johnson // England // 2010 // 05:00 min
Experimental
An incognito alien agent analyses human experience in this visually layered, expressionistic adaptation of William S. Burroughs' 1965 Cut-Up poem.
Martin Earle // England // 2009 // 08:00 min
After being transported by the music of Schubert, a poet returns to find his world filled with hope. Based on the poem ###Schubertiana### by Tomas Tranströmer.
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl // Island // 2008 // 04:30 min
A playful poem by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl: A univocal lipogram, written in Icelandic for Christian Bök. Note: Höpöhöpö is Finnish and means ###nonsense###.
Ferdinand Boutard // Frankreich // 2007 // 01:00 min
An actor recites ###Ich Ewiges Kind### by Egon Schiele, but is interrupted.
// Deutschland // 2010 // 06:00 min
An art collector is confronted by his limitations and suffers a bitter surprise. Inspired by Joachim Ringelnatz.
Susanne Wiegner // Deutschland // 2010 // 03:30 min
Letters are stridden and circumnavigated by the camera before disappearing on a page. A three dimensional word formation according to Robert Lax.
David Alexander Anderson // England, Iran // 2008 // 00:00 min
The poet Hafez described the mysteries of the universe with metaphors of love. His poem ###Peacock + Fish### is entirely constructed of Persian calligraphy.
Robert Pohle // Deutschland // 2008 // 04:50 min
Collage-like animation about eleven year old Conny who lives in small Swiss town and can't fit her big pony on the bus.
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