El regalo

Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

In a lost corner of the world, just another village isolated from all the recurring rumors of any era. The trees take over leaving the loneliness evidenced as the darkness likes and appreciates.

A poetic and experimental short film by Arin Paul, Let Me Call You, Ritwik Da pays tribute to Ritwik Ghatak, inspired by a poem by director John Abraham. Blending evocative imagery and voice-over, it explores Ghatak's legacy.

Follows the young people of Selma, Alabama's RATCo (Random Acts of Theatre Company) as they journey to New York City to share their story of hope, resilience, and overcoming.

A visual poetry short film, inspired by and featuring the poem "Knickknacks" by Tuesday Taylor York.

A grieving young man searches his dreams for a few more sweet memories with his fiancé

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William Thatcher, a knight's peasant apprentice, gets a chance at glory when the knight dies suddenly mid-tournament. Posing as a knight himself, William won't stop until he's crowned tournament champion—assuming matters of the heart don't get in the way.

1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.

Trapped in routine, a Jeju poet finds himself drawn to a boy—and to emotions he’s never dared name.

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.

In a sarcastic mood, EZTV's founder John Dorr makes fun of the extensive aspiring Los Angeles spoken word scene of the 1980s and the enormous number of people who routinely approached EZTV asking for free service in getting their project made

The tumultuous life of Arthur Rimbaud, the cursed poet, who completed his masterwork at the age of twenty, became an arms dealer and died at thirty-seven; and his passionate relationship with Paul Verlaine, full of wanderings, storms and falling out.

About the life and work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, his connection with his native country, its people and nature. Childhood, love, painful searches for his place in the new, revolutionary Russia — everything found a place in Yesenin's lyrics. Frames illustrating Yesenin's poetry and poems are side by side in the film with episodes of the poet's biography: the film reflects the days of his stay in America, World War I, revolution and village round dances, a daring uncle, a wise mother...

Set to the poignant words of Shelby Newland and inspired by her poem of the same name-- a poem which won the National Poetry Out Loud competition's spoken word contest-- this short follows a young woman's emotions as she muses about the color of a former lover's eyes, comparing their textured browns to the rings inside of a tree.

A person reflects on their thoughts and life during the night, until a single connection reveals who we truly are through our interactions.

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

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