A Child's Garden of Poetry

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.

Gandahar

On the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown, this utopian lifestyle is upset by reports of people at the outlying frontiers being turned to stone. Sylvain is sent to investigate this mysterious threat.

Le Roi et l'Oiseau

A young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plan to get married and escape the clutches of a tyrannical king in love with her, assisted by the guile of a cheeky mockingbird, the king's archenemy.

Afterimages

A film-poem created for Counterclock Journal's 2023 Patchwork: Film x Poetry fellowship, featuring an original poem by Mackenzie Duan and animation by Evan Bode.

Poezie is Kinderspel

A whole new universe can hide in the smallest speck of ink.

Ego Sum Petrus

M'es en abyme

A collage of images and voices of women poets that succeeds brilliantly, both as a tribute to the women whose words are borrowed and as an original videopoem.

Voir le soleil se lever dans la lune

Happy

An animated poem about the fleeting nature of happiness.

Keny-atta

The Blue Years

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.

La vita nuova

Un spectacle interrompu

Lines

Six poems written by six young prisoners animated to tell their stories, thoughts, fears and hopes.

Groter dan je bent

L'infinito

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

Marcel, ta mère t'appelle

Pour ne pas oublier l'invisible

Here: A Visual Poem

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.

Two Faces

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.