Poetry Film Club Festival and Ó Bhéal Poetry Film Festival release competition shortlists
Poetry Film Live‘s film club, which meets aboard the John Sebastian Lightship in Bristol, has released a shortlist of twelve films for their competition, to be screened in a day-long festival on October 18. Organizer Helen Dewbery released the list on her Instagram (below), posting:
Congratulations to the creators of the twelve selected poetry films. It was a difficult choice with many of the panels personal favourites not making it to the final twelve. But after over a week of viewing and discussing the panel decided on these poetry films. They will be shown at the Poetry Film Club Festival in Bristol on October 18th and the final choice will be made by the audience.
Huge thanks and appreciation to everyone who entered – I know how much work goes into researching, planning and making a poetry film or animation; sometimes many many months. And thanks also to the panel for their hardwork.
Here’s the list in text form:
Annelie Guido & David van Driel – pourakamika
Ceri Morgan – Heartlands: Earth & Bones
Claire Rosslyn Wilson – Dead Wood: Unmoored
Diek Grobler – I hav’nt told my garden yet
Greg Roensch – How Much Filipino
Heather Gregg – Res Cue
Ian Gibbins – WHY-EEELA
Jack Cockran & Pam Falkenberg – What the Thunder Said
Lee Campbell – One Day
Petra Kuppers – Lay in You Threaded: a Queer Stroke Poem
Rebecca Goldsmith – Crossing Paths
Yves (bobie) Bommenel – Tarmac GPT Blues
Tickets are available on Eventbright, whence this description:
Programme includes:
- The twelve selected Festival entries
- The Audience Award – (chosen by the audience)
- Celtic poetry films – poetry films from Ireland, Scotland and Wales
- Jane Glennie (artist and filmmaker known for her distinctive films made from sequences of still photographs) – talks on ‘Fragments and fabrications: poetry film between archives, archaeology, and AI’
- Films from the Poetry Film Collective
- Plenty of time for discussion
… and more to come.
The Lightship does not have step free access.
A few days after this announcement appeared on social media, Ó Bhéal released both shortlists in advance of its own, 13th festival: check out the Irish Poetry-Film Competition Shortlist and the International Competition Shortlist.
The Ó Bhéal Poetry Film Festival will take place on the 2nd of November at the Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll’s Quay, Cork. Here’s the poster they’ve made with all the details, for those able to attend. (The films will also all be shared online on November 3rd.)
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