About the Swedish writer Stig Dagerman (1923-1954). More than a style, there is a Dagerman voice. This simple voice speaks softly, without emphasis, of simple people, of children, of old men, of his native Sweden. She is friendly to the humble, the solitary, the victims.

About Jösta Hagelbäck (1945-2009), Swedish film director, writer, poet, musician, actor etc. A human...

Intimate portrait of poet, playwright, painter and filmmaker Derek Walcott, set in his beloved nativ...

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War me...

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

Luz and Denise grow up in the midst of the adversities of being LGBT in the extreme south of the cit...

Drama, entirely in verse, following three men who sleep on the streets of Manchester in their vehicl...

Cacaso, a Brazilian poet, lived in Rio de Janeiro. Born Antonio Carlos de Brito (1944-1987) he was o...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

Filmed on location in Montana and Washington State, this 1976 biography of poet and teacher Richard ...

Smoky little clubs, late nights, late nights of conversation over a glass of beer and a guitar. The ...

“Poussières de Juillet”, produced in 1967 by Hachemi El-Chérif, is taken from a poem by Kateb Yacine...

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

To Hold My Love is a short film merging dance, fashion, and spoken words. Through their bodies and t...

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

A short film, based on a series of poems, about childhood, the break with parental, and war.

About the life and work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, his connection with his native country, its peop...
Combining the authenticity of Indigenous writer Rebecca Thomas' narrative, the power of poetry, and ...