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Festivals

Fotogenia – Delluc Avant Garde prizewinner Ian Gibbins in Conversation with Laura Bianco


I was so very pleased that as a juror for FOTOGENIA festival, Mexico City this year, I selected The Life we Live is not Life Itself by Australian filmmaker Ian Gibbins and Greek poet Tasos Sagris (and produced by +the Institute for Experimental Arts, 2021) for the DELLUC Avant Garde prize. Although all the films […]


Film and Video Poetry Symposium


The final of the winter festivals (I think!) is from The Film and Video Poetry Society in South Pasadena, USA. Another extraordinary festival with multiple strands, it is different in spanning a longer time frame from 1st–31st December. Looking forward to what is on offer 🙂


OBHEAL 26th–28th November, beautiful Cork


So, this is the fourth of the five worldwide WINTER FESTIVAL offerings! ÓBhéal’s new hybrid Winter Warmer poetry and poetry film festival is happening on the 26th–28th November in beautiful Cork. I went a few years ago when my film of Lucy English’s poem Mr Sky was shown, and I would highly recommend it to anyone. […]


The Poetics of Poetry Film in FOTOGENIA – in conversation with Dr Christian Patch, 25, 11, 8pm GMT


Really LOOKING FORWARD to FOTOGENIA festival this year which runs from the 24th–27th November. There are 11 truly diverse and exceptional screenings. My film with Caleb Parkin’s visceral ecopoem I swallow will be in the first section, alongside I want to Breathe Sweet Air by Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran with poem by Lucy English. […]


FIREWASH in ZEBRA – 25-28, 11, the Urania, Berlin


The mighty ZEBRA is now in its 12th edition, and is coming up at the end of the month from the 25th to the 28th at the new location of the Urania, Berlin. I am really pleased to say my geopoetic film Firewash about a mediaeval mining ancestor has been selected. It includes both my […]


I Swallow in Fotogenia, Mexico City and Absurdah, Art House Film Festival, Sheerness


  A big thank you to the judges at Fotogenia, Mexico City and Absurdah (Absurd Art House Film Festival) for selecting the poetry film of Caleb Parkin’s visceral ecopoem i swallow in their screenings. Fotogenia will be online from the 24th to the 27th of November and I will be revealing more later on their […]