Alastair Cook: A Filmpoem Ten
Some poetry films in the spirit of Filmpoem, the Edinburgh-based, international poetry, film, festival and workshop project founded by Alastair Cook in 2010. As Alastair notes on their website, “The combination of film and poetry is an attractive one. For the poet, perhaps a hope that the filmmaker will bring something to the poem: a new audience, a visual attraction, the laying of way markers; for the filmmaker, a fixed parameter to respond to, the power of a text sparking the imagination with visual connections and metaphor.” —Ed.
The Royal Oak (poem by Benedict Newbery)
Sandra Salter, 2012
Commune Présence (poem by René Char)
Maxime Coton, 2013
OUTSIDE (“A fora”) (poem by Albert Balasch)
Marc Capdevila, 2012
Regarding Gardens (poem by Simon Barraclough)
Carolina Melis, 2012
repeaT (poem by Polarbear)
Joe Roberts, 2012
The Flight into Egypt (poem by John Glenday)
Marc Neys aka Swoon, 2014
http://vimeo.com/93125441
Naar Wat We Waren (poem by Eric Joris)
Lies Van Der Auwera, 2014
Beyond Words (poem by Else Beyer Knuth-Winterfeldt)
Helene-Moltke-Leth, 2014
Hare (poem by Carolyn Jess-Cooke)
Melissa Diem, 2014
Legion (poem by Allison Walker)
James W. Norton, 2013
http://vimeo.com/62030717
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Filmpoem is an artists’ moving image project founded by Alastair Cook. We deliver cultural projects and promote the work of poets, filmmakers and composers. Filmpoem has been commissioned by cultural organisations such as Southbank, Poetry International, Poetry Society, Scottish Poetry Library, Alchemy, Antwerpen Boekenstad, Poëziecentrum and Haus für Poesie.
“The combination of film and poetry is an attractive one. For the poet, perhaps a hope that the filmmaker will bring something to the poem: a new audience, a visual attraction, the laying of way markers; for the filmmaker a fixed parameter to respond to, the power of text sparking the imagination with visual connections and metaphor.” – Alastair Cook, Anon 7
Filmpoem’s current core team comprises editor and director Alastair Cook, electro-acoustic composer Luca Nasciuti and cinematographer James William Norton. We are based in the United Kingdom of Words, travel well and are open to commission. The full archive of Alastair’s poetry-film is held by the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh, Scotland.
