So pleased to announce that the La Scapigliata : the Woman with the Dishevelled Hair has won the first Frame to Frames : Your Eyes Follow ekphrastic poetry film prize at LYRA poetry festival, Bristol. It was based on the painting La Scapigiliata by Leonardo da Vinci (1506–1508) with poem by LA poet Lois P. Jones, […]
LYRA 2022 is fast approaching and the theme this year is Breaking Boundaries: New Worlds. On 3rd April at the historical location of the SS Great Britain (in a theatre not the ship itself!) Helen Dewbery of Elephant’s Footprint will be curating a selection of poetry films on the festival theme. Her artists are: Carolyn […]
FRAME TO FRAMES : YOUR EYES FOLLOW Ekphrastic Poetry Film Screening & Sarah Tremlett Prize at LYRA, Bristol Poetry Festival, 3, 4, 2022; 2:30–3:30 p.m. with a Q &A afterwards at The Viridor Theatre, Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Gas Ferry Rd, Bristol BS1 6TY and for one month on the LYRA website, then at Liberated Words online […]
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 eligible award, funded by a […]