1. Provocando con Sampedro (Provocando con Sampedro)
(Provocando con Sampedro)
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
2. Bert Schierbeek/The Door (Bert Schierbeek/De deur)
A short portrait of poet Bert Schierbeek, who reads from his poetry.
3. My Love Awaits Me By the Sea (حبيبي بيستناني عند البحر)
Hasan Hourani, a Palestinian poet and illustrator, died aged 29 in Jaffa while trying to rescue his nephew from the sea. Shortly after, the filmmaker Mais Darwazah discovers his drawings and poems and feels drawn to Hourani's world— a universe outside space and time; a place of wonder, discovery, and freedom. Motivated by this kinship, Darwazah embarks on a journey to her homeland, Palestine: a place she has never known.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
4. Hell Frozen Over
Bernadette Corporation describes this work as "A fashion film about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the color white." Produced for the 2000 Walker Art Center exhibition Let's Entertain, this short film employs a range of strategies to approach the idea of nothingness, emptiness, and vacuity, with an eye to how these notions relate to contemporary mass-cultural entertainment. Juxtaposing "documentary" takes on a fashion shoot with footage of semiologist Sylvère Lotringer giving an impromptu lecture on Mallarmé on a frozen lake, Hell Frozen Over maintains an ambiguous stance from which to both critique and celebrate the power of surface.
5. Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis (Tueur, trader et psychopathe : l'Amérique de Bret Easton Ellis)
In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated discussions among critics and readers alike; an extraordinarily disturbing book that transported its readers into the mind of Patrick Bateman, a cynical mergers and acquisitions executive obsessed with brands, inconsequential details, pop culture and brutal murder.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. The Emma Bovary Trial (Le Procès d'Emma Bovary)
On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.
It has an average vote of 6.75 on TMDB.
7. Nose and Tina
The unusual story of Nose and Tina, 2 people in love. He is employed as a brakeman, she as a sex worker.
8. Cartas do Kuluene (Cartas do Kuluene)
(Cartas do Kuluene)
9. WINHANGANHA
WINHANGANHA - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is an examination of how archives and the legacies of collection affect First Nations people and wider Australia, told through the lens of acclaimed Wiradjuri artist, Jazz Money.
10. Rumi: Poet of the Heart
In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died, the grieving Rumi gripped a pole in his garden, and turning round it, began reciting imagistic poetry about inner life and love of God. After Rumi's death, his son founded the Mevlevi Sufi order, the whirling dervishes. Lovers of Rumi's poems comment on their power and meaning, including religious historian Huston Smith, writer Simone Fattal, poet Robery Bly, and Coleman Barks, who reworks literal translations of Rumi into poetic English. Musicians accompany Barks and Bly as they recite their versions of several of Rumi's ecstatic poems.
11. An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget (Pagsisiyasat sa Gabing Ayaw Lumimot)
Erwin Romulo, the late Alexis Tioseco’s best friend, recalls the events after the critic and his girlfriend Nika Bohinc’s untimely death in their home in Quezon City. Diaz makes use of one long take to allow Romulo an uninterrupted narration of the events. The pain of recalling is palpable.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
12. The ABCs of Book Banning
In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the US, labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made unavailable to millions of students. By no accident, the themes targeted are the usual scapegoats of the American Right—LGBTQ+ issues, Black History, and women’s empowerment—impeding the power of future generations to develop their own thoughts and opinions on critical social issues. By weaving together a lyrical montage of young readers and authors, THE ABCs OF BOOK BANNING reveals the voices of the impacted parties, and inspires hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.
It has an average vote of 5.933 on TMDB.
13. Batouk (Batouk)
This uneven and uninspired documentary of Africa is a collection from various stock footage. Female dancers in mod clothes dance on the Eiffel Tower in comparison to the primitive dances of native Africans. A lone runner trains for a marathon, and a few animals are shown in their natural habitat. Commentary and modern jazz and pop music help to make this seem much longer than 66 minutes.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
14. Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire ,Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , Night of the Iguana, The , and Suddenly, Last Summer . Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow ', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.
15. Primavera Lacrimógena (Primavera Lacrimógena)
A poetic short film showing a day in the 2019 protests in Santiago, Chile through documentary images.
16. Flor Brilhante e as Cicatrizes da Pedra (Flor Brilhante e as Cicatrizes da Pedra)
(Flor Brilhante e as Cicatrizes da Pedra)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
17. Soundz of Spirit
Award winning documentary by Joslyn Rose Lyons exploring the relationship between spiritual connection and the creative process in hip-hop music.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
18. 100 Years of Ulysses
Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce , is published by US poet Sylvia Beach , owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare & Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyce's life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.
19. Jean de la Fontaine and His Fables (Jean de La Fontaine : l'homme qui aimait les fables)
An account of the life of the French poet Jean de la Fontaine , author of more than one hundred fables and a model for many other European fabulists of later times.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
20. Lunas de Nueva York (Lunas de Nueva York)
First film of Juan José Ponce’s trilogy about Federico García Lorca. Lunas de Nueva York looks back on Federico’s trip to New York in 1929, an essential journey for his life and career.
