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Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected performers.
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Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.
A giant woman wakes up on a pastel-coloured island where small yellow creatures harvest carrots. She seems too big for this world. Every step of her giant feet threatens to destroy a vegetable patch or hurt someone. Searching for a more suitable place to live she finally finds out where she belongs.
Rubén tries to describe the color blue as "The color of dreams, of art, of the ocean and of the firmament", thereby unleashing half a century of poetry.
Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.
An experimental visual poem combining film, animation, photography, and archival footage inviting people to occupy the Black Body and examine the lived Black experience for a brief moment.
Loose impressionistic brushstrokes sketch a series of portraits of two faces, one male and one female, while the verse on the soundtrack tells the tale of both one and a thousand relationships.
A spring night is a poetic film which is based on the motives of the poem by V. Lugovsky. The film is devoted to the theme of fidelity to the battle traditions of revolutionary past, to the theme of human happiness the sense of it in the battle for high ideals.
At the age of 9, I stopped speaking. It's the year I broke from the inside, raped. I came out as a trans boy years later. I am often afraid of becoming a man who I might confuse for the one who hounded my body. This film is a poem, this film is about growing into the unknown.
A diary of a boy grappling with identity, love and belonging while exploring our fragile journey through a chaotic world.
A film based on an autobiographical prose of the famous Russian poet - Marina Cvetaeva.
This film visualizes humanity’s quest to relentlessly pursue goals. In the human fight for progress, the march forward cannot be stopped, even when individual people become weary and die. This animated short is based on a poem by the Chilean filmmaker and poet Juan Forch. Chilean painter Hernando León created the design.
Réne Manzor's debut short, a surreal story about a tramp trying to build a road through the desert.
Based on abstract images by Kamler, Andre Voisin and Francois Bayle imagined the story of a messenger charged to bring to our planet the key to a forgotten wisdom.
Wahdat-ul-Wujood explores the concept of oneness and the human journey through separation, conflict, and return. Inspired by the philosophy of Wahdat al-Wujood (Unity of Being), the film reflects on how all existence emerges from a single source but becomes fragmented through identity, ego, and the divisions created by the world. The story begins in a cosmic void, where two souls emerge from a singular thread, symbolizing unity in its purest form. As they descend into history and move through different eras of the subcontinent, they become increasingly distant through war, cultural conflict, and shifting identities. Transitioning from abstract cosmic spaces to contemporary Pakistan, the film mirrors both a personal and collective search for meaning and connection. Through poetic storytelling and symbolic imagery, the film ultimately leads the souls back toward oneness, suggesting that beneath all separation, humanity remains deeply connected.
An evocative animated film on the life and works of the great Kyrgyz poet Alykul Osmonov.
Death follows a poet for his whole life, being a parasite to the poet.
