Poetic Encounters. The 1st Berlin-Tel Aviv Workshop for Poetry & Film
Christmas in Huntsville
Director: Emanuella Amichai
Poet: Jan Wagner
Poem on lyrikline.org
The result of the Film-Workshop held during the 5th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival. Three pairs of artists comprising Israeli filmmakers Emanuella Amichai, Avi Dabach and Joshua Simon and German poets Daniel Falb, Monika Rinck and Jan Wagner were working together to produce scripts and create poetry films in six days.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is a project of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin in cooperation with the German UNESCO Commission and interfilm Berlin and with the financial assistance, for which we are grateful, of the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, the Goethe Institute, the German-Israeli Future Forum Foundation, the German Foreign Ministry, the German Literature Fund and with the kind support of Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG and Toyota Deutschland GmbH. It is taking place under the aegis of the poesiefestival berlin.
Poetic Encounters. The 1st Berlin-Tel Aviv Workshop for Poetry & Film
Die unsichtbare Hand
Director: Joshua Simon
Poet: Daniel Falb
The result of the Film-Workshop held during the 5th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival. Three pairs of artists comprising Israeli filmmakers Emanuella Amichai, Avi Dabach and Joshua Simon and German poets Daniel Falb, Monika Rinck and Jan Wagner were working together to produce scripts and create poetry films in six days.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has been around since 2002. It was the first and is the largest international platform for short films based on poetry – the poetry films. Every year, it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With a competition, film programmes, poetry readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and a children’s program, it presents in various sections the diversity of the genre of poetry film.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is a project of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin in cooperation with the German UNESCO Commission and interfilm Berlin and with the financial assistance, for which we are grateful, of the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, the Goethe Institute, the German-Israeli Future Forum Foundation, the German Foreign Ministry, the German Literature Fund and with the kind support of Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG and Toyota Deutschland GmbH. It is taking place under the aegis of the poesiefestival berlin.
Poetic Encounters. The 1st Berlin-Tel Aviv Workshop for Poetry & Film
Teich
Director: Avi Dabach
Poet: Monika Rinck
Poem on lyrikline.org
The result of the Film-Workshop held during the 5th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival. Three pairs of artists comprising Israeli filmmakers Emanuella Amichai, Avi Dabach and Joshua Simon and German poets Daniel Falb, Monika Rinck and Jan Wagner were working together to produce scripts and create poetry films in six days.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has been around since 2002. It was the first and is the largest international platform for short films based on poetry – the poetry films. Every year, it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With a competition, film programmes, poetry readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and a children’s program, it presents in various sections the diversity of the genre of poetry film.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is a project of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin in cooperation with the German UNESCO Commission and interfilm Berlin and with the financial assistance, for which we are grateful, of the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, the Goethe Institute, the German-Israeli Future Forum Foundation, the German Foreign Ministry, the German Literature Fund and with the kind support of Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG and Toyota Deutschland GmbH. It is taking place under the aegis of the poesiefestival berlin.
Poetic Encounters. The 1st Berlin-Tel Aviv Workshop for Poetry & Film
The Film-Workshop held during the 5th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival. Three pairs of artists comprising Israeli filmmakers Emanuella Amichai, Avi Dabach and Joshua Simon and German poets Daniel Falb, Monika Rinck and Jan Wagner were working together to produce scripts and create poetry films in six days.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has been around since 2002. It was the first and is the largest international platform for short films based on poetry – the poetry films. Every year, it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With a competition, film programmes, poetry readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and a children’s program, it presents in various sections the diversity of the genre of poetry film.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival is a project of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin in cooperation with the German UNESCO Commission and interfilm Berlin and with the financial assistance, for which we are grateful, of the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, the Goethe Institute, the German-Israeli Future Forum Foundation, the German Foreign Ministry, the German Literature Fund and with the kind support of Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG and Toyota Deutschland GmbH. It is taking place under the aegis of the poesiefestival berlin.
Poetic Encounters 2012: Syrinx
For the 6th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival Polish film makers Maciek Majewski, Łukasz Twarkowski and Wiola Sowa have collaborated with German poets Norbert Hummelt, Nico Bleutge and Christian Filips to make film versions of poems of theirs. Together they chose the poems and worked on turning them into scripts. In the run-up to the festival the pairs of artists were meeting up in Berlin to turn their ideas into films within six days. The short films that have been created in this way were premièred in the fesival. This ist Maciek Majewski film-version of Norbert Hummelts poem „Syrinx“.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has been around since 2002. It was the first and is the largest international platform for short films based on poetry – the poetry films. Every year, it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With a competition, film programmes, poetry readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and a children’s program, it presents in various sections the diversity of the genre of poetry film.
In cooperation with the Polish Institute Berlin. Sponsored by the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation, the German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), the German Literature Fund, the Marion Dönhoff Foundation, Camelot Broadcast Services GmbH, ACHTFELD GmbH and Cine Impuls.
Director: Maciek Majewski
Director of photography: Yori Fabian
Cast: Hermann Eppert, Leonie Parusel
Music: Don Neon & His Independent Experts
Poetic Encounters 2012: nicht farbe
Director: Wiola Sowa
Poet: Nico Bleutge
For the 6th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Polish film makers Maciek Majewski, Łukasz Twarkowski and Wiola Sowa have collaborated with German poets Norbert Hummelt, Nico Bleutge and Christian Filips to make film versions of poems of theirs. This is Wiola Sowa’s new version of Nico Bleutge’s poem „nicht farbe“
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has been around since 2002. It was the first and is the largest international platform for short films based on poetry – the poetry films. Every year, it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With a competition, film programmes, poetry readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and a children’s program, it presents in various sections the diversity of the genre of poetry film.
In cooperation with the Polish Institute Berlin. Sponsored by the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation, the German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), the German Literature Fund, the Marion Dönhoff Foundation, Camelot Broadcast Services GmbH, ACHTFELD GmbH and Cine Impuls.
Poetic Encounters 2012: PP
Director: Łukasz Twarkowski
Poet: Christian Filips
For the 6th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival Polish film makers Maciek Majewski, Łukasz Twarkowski and Wiola Sowa have collaborated with German poets Norbert Hummelt, Nico Bleutge and Christian Filips to make film versions of poems of theirs. Together they chose the poems and worked on turning them into scripts. In the run-up to the festival the pairs of artists were meeting up in Berlin to turn their ideas into films within six days. The short films that have been created in this way were premièred in the fesival. This is Łukasz Twarkowski film-version of Christian Filips‘ poem „ALGORITHMENSCH. DUNKELRAUM“.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has been around since 2002. It was the first and is the largest international platform for short films based on poetry – the poetry films. Every year, it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With a competition, film programmes, poetry readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and a children’s program, it presents in various sections the diversity of the genre of poetry film.
In cooperation with the Polish Institute Berlin. Sponsored by the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation, the German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), the German Literature Fund, the Marion Dönhoff Foundation, Camelot Broadcast Services GmbH, ACHTFELD GmbH and Cine Impuls.
PP is a short film by IP Group created as part of the „Poetic Encounters“ project @6th Zebra Poetry Film Festival 2012 (Berlin).
Directed by: Łukasz Twarkowski
Produced by: Dominika Kluszczyk
Original Music by: Bogumił Misala
Cinematography by: Bartosz Nalazek & Jakub Lech
Film Editing by: Bartosz Nalazek & Jakub Lech
GFX by: Jakub Lech
poem used in the movie: ALGORITHMENSCH. DUNKELRAUM by Christian Filips
translated by: Christian Filips & Ann Cotten
CAST: Anna Sandowicz, Bartosz Nalazek, Łukasz Twarkowski
Poetic Encounters 2013: Marcins Brief
Director: Juliane Henrich
Poet: Jakobe Mansztajn
In the poetry-and-film workshop Poetic Encounters artists from two genres and two countries come together. Berlin filmmakers Matthias Fritsch, Juliane Henrich and Axel Krüger have selected the Polish poets Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało, Jakobe Mansztajn and in advance to work with them on making filmed versions of their poems. Filming work then took place in Warsaw. The films received their premiere at the poesiefestival Berlin 2013.
The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival has been around since 2002. It was the first and is the largest international platform for short films based on poetry – the poetry films. Every year, it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With a competition, film programmes, poetry readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and a children’s program, it presents in various sections the diversity of the genre of poetry film.
In cooperation with the Fundacja bez Wizy. With the support of the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation, the Goethe Institute Warsaw and the Polish Institute Berlin.
The poesiefestival berlin is a project by the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin in cooperation with the Academy of Arts with the generous support of the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.