Midwest Video Poetry Festival selects i swallow with poem by Caleb Parkin

Really delighted that i swallow with visceral ecopoem by Bristol City Poet Caleb Parkin, film by me Sarah Tremlett, and surreal soundscape by The Anchorites, has been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Midwest Video Poetry Festival. As a dadaist bike ride, swallowing flies and being part of the world’s ecosystem the…

Selfie with Marilyn WINS FIRST PRIZE at Maldito Video Poetry Festival, Albacete, Spain

Totally blown away – Selfie with Marilyn has won First Prize at Maldito festival, Spain! Congratulations to the wonderful poet Heidi Seaborn, and to the shining lights Hatti (Marilyn) and Georgie (stills) Rees xxx Marilyn is over the moon!!! She purrs ‘Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to…

Important New Family History Poetry Film – Here I Stand – by Csilla Toldy

I am so very proud to present an important and heart-rending new addition to the family history project by Budapest-born, Csilla Toldy. The poetry film – Here I Stand – was a commission from the Executive Office of Northern Ireland, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi…

Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Losing / John D. Scott and the Art of Winning

It is a joy to read, listen to, and watch poets and be transported by poetry films but when a poetry filmmaker takes up the challenge of working in documentary form on one of the leading poets of our times, this is clearly cause for celebration. The premiere of Elizabeth…

Frame to Frames: Your Eyes Follow – a new poetry film initiative

For some time I have been thinking about introducing a new initiative for poetry filmmakers. Following The Poetics of Poetry Film publication, I would like to introduce the Sarah Tremlett Poetry Film Award, which celebrates and revisions art through ekphrastic poetry + film. This will be a wholly inclusive, internationally…

Earth Lines: Geopoetry and Geopoetics Zoom book launch and films – 1 October 2021, 6–7.30 pm

Launched on Zoom as part of the Scottish Geology Festival, I am really delighted to introduce this exciting, innovative and valuable publication Earth Lines, with a central focus on geopoetry and geopoetics (they are different), or ‘the stratigraphy of poetry in rocks and stones’. As one of the editors (primarily a…

new process notes for Dad by Numbers from poet Carolyn Masel

Back after the summer break - a new addition to the Family History Poetry Film Project from Australian poet Carolyn Masel. So good to have more information on this film. A revealing account of her poem and process notes, written many years after the events described – a feature of…

In-depth Interview with ST by Genia Daniels of Artlitlab and the Midwest Video Poetry Festival

Very big thanks to Genia Daniels – Director of the Midwest Video Poetry Festival for her in-depth interview on my work, for the ALL Review section https://artlitlab.org/all-review of the online arts magazine https://artlitlab.org. It covers questions on video poetic practice, background and Selfie with Marilyn (with poem by Heidi Seaborn…

WIRRAL POETRY FESTIVAL: Poetry Film – Getting Started

Looking forward to presenting a 'Beginner's Guide to Poetry Film' workshop on Sunday 27th June with prize-winning poet Sarah Wimbush and young, talented filmmaker Isi Turner. We have been very lucky in having the full house at twenty subscribers and others wanting to take part, so well done to Wirral…

9th Athens Video Poetry Festival (online)

https://filmpoetry.org/9th-international-video-poetry-festival/ The ninth Athens International Video Poetry Festival is online this year opening on Sunday 6th of June, and then permanently accessible online. This is a major resource for everyone and anyone and I am very pleased that my interview with Dr Meriel Lland on The Poetics of Poetry Film is…

RECONNECTIONS at LYRA Poetry Festival, Bristol, 17 April 2021

Lucy English and I curated poetry films for LYRA under the theme of Reconnections, in relation to how we had been affected by Lockdown and the themes that had arisen. Lucy's themes were related to Bristol and South West poets and filmmakers concerning loss, anxiety, belonging, and how we have…

Publications

The Poetics of Poetry Film The Poetics of Poetry Film https://www.intellectbooks.com/the-poetics-of-poetry-film published by Intellect Books (May 2021), is described by the publishers as: ‘The first book of its kind, it classifies the different types of poetry film, shedding light on the fast-growing genre and citing works from poetry filmmakers worldwide. A…