Cadence directors Chelsea Werner-Jatzke and Rana San have been running the video poetry festival (as well as associated workshops etc.) since 2018. I love their brief guiding principle ‘We approach video poetry as a literary genre presented as visual media that makes new meaning from the combination of text and moving image.’ They have also […]
Now in its ninth year, Cadence Video Poetry Festival (the brainchild of Chelsea Werner-Jatzke and Rana San) is now in full swing at the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, USA. Celebrating National Poetry Month (in April in America), this year you can see a wide variety of genres, with live and online screenings (taking place […]
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 example, I read a family […]
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 talk in November 2012 at […]
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 COVID too, to become a […]
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 includes 45-minute curated programs, premieres, […]