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AMERICA – Ginsberg reframed … ‘an identity falling apart’ an interview with Matt Mullins by Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran

American poet, videopoet, writer and educator Matt Mullins has been edging towards this memorable poem and poetry film – america – (i wanted to make you something beautiful but I failed) – for some time now. The deep rift between the USA’s founding democratic ideals, and its more historically recent downward slide into a […]

One Thousand Voices: landscape, memory and immersive storytelling by Martin Sercombe

Introduction by Sarah Tremlett Immersive storytelling can be many things, but in terms of poetry film it provides a great opportunity to extend into the world of theatre and performance in a unique way, doubling the reach of the film’s capabilities and audience, and expanding how creatives work together. For…

VIDEOBARDO, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, 2025: visual and verbal experiment at its best

VideoBardo, with Director Javier Robledo, is a firm favourite of mine, since it was the first videopoetry festival I submitted to, way back in 2008 (and even 2006) and is one of the most experimental (with visual and verbal poetry). After showing there twice I was invited to give a…

Horse-Woman at Poetry Film Club, John Sebastian Lightship, Bristol

I don't normally promote poetry readings, but I am shamelessly advertising the upcoming event in Bristol, courtesy of Poetry Film Club and Satellite of Love. It is on Tuesday, 16th September on John Sebastian Lightship, Bristol docks 7.30 to 10.00. I will be reading (after the interval) from Horse-Woman (my…

Sculpting Poetry – Portraits with Interwoven Lines and Light – Noah Saunders revisions Marc Zegans

The art of writing poetry based upon paintings or other artworks is a subject that is close to my heart, alongside the art of combining both in ekphrastic poetry films (see also the bilingual Frame to Frames : Your Eyes Follow publication and prize). It is also not unusual to…

The River Has No Colour – Lee Campbell's latest exciting project

After a short break from Liberated Words, I find myself swept up in the poetic energy and dynamic narrative (on the page and in real life) of artist, performance poet, experimental filmmaker and senior lecturer at the University of the Arts, London – Lee Campbell. Besides a vast personal output…

Can Poetry Change the World? asks Pam Falkenberg & Jack Cochran in Screening Texas Poets

Back in April I took part in REELpoetry online which was a full week-long festival, directed by Houston-based Fran Sanders and rich with poetry filmmakers, discussions, and important work. I have been a judge for REELpoetry for quite a few years, though not recently, and the festival has grown, through…

ON THE CUTTING EDGE: 4 – What was Said at the Reunion of Deathbed Images – Marc Zegans on Rich Ferguson

Editor SARAH TREMLETT introduces On the Cutting Edge: 4 Over twenty years ago, in 2004 or 2005, I began thinking of the screen in terms of a philosophical space. I began by looking at language itself and the letter, and how, by making it appear and disappear, something larger in…

Sarah Tremlett reading and screening film at John Sebastian Lightship, Bristol 20 May

Excited to be reading from my poetic memoir Horse-Woman (with screening of FLIGHT the poetry film from the prologue to the book) at John Sebastian Lightship, Bristol, for Poetry Film Club on May 20th. It is an ‘otherkin’ poetic memoir with reflections on being a fashion model and writing and…

LeBlanc - War and Place, Dugas – Vivres, Tremlett – Horse-Woman: Basic Bruegel Editions launch at Frye Festival

I am very pleased and proud to announce that my poetic memoir Horse-Woman will be launched at Frye Festival, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on Thursday 24th April. It is part of the exciting new Chapbook publication series by Basic Bruegel Editions – the brainchild of leading Canadian poets and video…

ENZO MINARELLI – LEGENDARY FIGURE OF POLYPOETRY – in LONDON APRIL 5 with event images

Update with performance video and images. I am really pleased to share a video and images from this event from the artist and poetry filmmaker Rebecca Rezakhani-Hilton. They can be found at the end of the article, including letters from John Cage, no less! Italian ‘polypoet’ Enzo Minarelli is truly…

REELpoetry, Houston – a whole new festival format – 31 March - April 12 2025

It’s April and REELpoetry is here once again, but under a new guise, with over a week of online screenings (March 31– April 9), and Saturday, April 12th on home turf, featuring live events from Houston. As they say in the programme details: ‘In addition to open submissions, the festival…

On the Cutting Edge: 3 Marc Zegans Finds the Story in Peter Wortsman's latest publication

I am thrilled to introduce On the Cutting Edge: 3 this month. It occurs to me that each instalment brings with it a double revelation, both in the work of the featured author, but also in Marc’s illuminating exegesis. In short this is what every poet would really like –…