Inspired by the poem, A Lifetime by Ron Butlin, Edinburgh's poet laureate (http://www.ronbutlin.co.uk/), the film tells the story of Fiona, a woman in her 50s fascinated by the swans which recall her memory as a ballet dancer, a story about a woman's struggle to let go of her past.
Awards and Screenings:
3rd Place in Glenrothes Film Festival Short Film Competition 2010
3rd Place in Palme Dewar Short Film Competition
"Special Selection" Cinefest…
Inspired by the poem, A Lifetime by Ron Butlin, Edinburgh's poet laureate (http://www.ronbutlin.co.uk/), the film tells the story of Fiona, a woman in her 50s fascinated by the swans which recall her memory as a ballet dancer, a story about a woman's struggle to let go of her past.
Awards and Screenings:
3rd Place in Glenrothes Film Festival Short Film Competition 2010
3rd Place in Palme Dewar Short Film Competition
"Special Selection" Cinefest…
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.
Scene was screened as part of the ZEBRA Film Poetry Festival in Berlin in October 2010.
All of my work with poets…
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.
All of my work with poets can be seen at http://filmpoem.com or on the Vimeo channel Filmpoem http://vimeo.com/channels/113119
La…
The poem Portobello is written and read by poet and short story writer Morgan Downie and is a dark drag, a rake through the ghost of Edinburgh's seaside.
Portobello was shown at the McEwan Hall, Edinburgh, as part of This Collection on the 25th and 26th March 2010; All my filmpoems can be seen at http://filmpoem.com
"down to portobello
past the sewage outflows
flotsam of condom,
tampon, nappies
curled as nautili
to bathe where the waves
flop…
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.
Niddrie was screened at the McEwan Hall in Edinburgh on the 25th and 26th March 2010 as part of ongoing film and…
A film adaptation of the poem: The Hanging Stanes by Sam Meekings for the McEwan Hall Showcase in Edinburgh.
Filmed 2009 in Tecopa, CA.
Narration: Alastair Cook
Sound: Jacob Shelton
Director: Ginnetta Correli
A film and dance response to Niki Andrikopoulou's poem about Edinburgh- The Athens of the North.
The experimental interpretative dance with performer Vanessa Spinassa was filmed in the Ancient theatre of Ilida, Peloponnese.
To read the full poem please visit:
http://thiscollection.theexperimentalfilm.com/poemDetails.php?pomID=42
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UNCUT is a team of two, Gerry Domenikos and Natasha…
thiscollection is a non profit open DIY collaborative collective keen to inspire poetry into film and artistic expressions. We started with 100 short poems in Edinburgh based on postcodes and seek to have these adapted into films to explore the relationship between the imagery of text in the visual poetry of cinema.
Here are some of the works from established artists to amateurs dabbling with the medium for the first time.
thiscollection is a non profit open DIY collaborative collective keen to inspire poetry into film and artistic expressions. We started with 100 short poems in Edinburgh based on postcodes and seek to have these adapted into films to explore the relationship between the imagery of text in the visual poetry of cinema.
Here are some of the works from established artists to amateurs dabbling with the medium for the first time. Share the love and participate. We showcase and curate with communities the films and poems in live presentations throughout the year. More information? Want to get involved? Visit: thiscollection.wordpress.com
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