Visual Poetry Movies

  • 2023
    Afterimages

    Afterimages

    Afterimages

    02023HD

    A film-poem created for Counterclock Journal's 2023 Patchwork: Film x Poetry fellowship, featuring an original poem by Mackenzie Duan and animation...

    Afterimages
  • 2024
    SeeingSeeing

    SeeingSeeing

    SeeingSeeing

    02024HD

    Through meticulous cut-up, collaging and stop motion, Nico Vassilakis makes words dance across the screen, moving our eyes in all different...

    SeeingSeeing
  • 2024
    что-то сломалось

    что-то сломалось

    что-то сломалось

    02024HD

    что-то сломалось
  • 2023
    Garudas

    Garudas

    Garudas

    02023HD

    After accidentally becoming the caretaker of a robin’s egg, I reach out to my grandmother for guidance. As we await the fate of the fragile,...

    Garudas
  • 2025
    Manic Magic: a Poem in Four Parts

    Manic Magic: a Poem in Four Parts

    Manic Magic: a Poem in Four Parts

    82025HD

    A poem about mania written by Omar Zefier. His second film.

    Manic Magic: a Poem in Four Parts
  • 2025
    Kitchen Dialogue

    Kitchen Dialogue

    Kitchen Dialogue

    02025HD

    A generational trauma through the lens of an Asian American teenager through food and poetry.

    Kitchen Dialogue
  • 2023
    Middelpolder

    Middelpolder

    Middelpolder

    02023HD

    "Inspired by my countless walks in the Middelpolder, the video mirrors my text ‘Dream of a Dutch Sky’, unfolding the Dutch landscape...

    Middelpolder
  • 1970
    four frames; four stories

    four frames; four stories

    four frames; four stories

    01970HD

    Inspired by the poetry of Robert Frost, this short primarily aims to capture the dynamic nature of the world around us; the ego and the id; the past...

    four frames; four stories
  • 1970
    Funeral Tape

    Funeral Tape

    Funeral Tape

    01970HD

    A man sifts through his dreams, dilemmas, memories, secrets and the poetics of love as he harbours his greatest desire, to simply die.

    Funeral Tape
  • 2023
    The Afterlife

    The Afterlife

    The Afterlife

    02023HD

    A young adult's first-hand account of "accidentally becoming human again" after, and with, trauma induced depression. Lo-fi, vulnerable, and uniquely...

    The Afterlife
  • 2025
    Flowers bloom prosperity, Clouds float with time

    Flowers bloom prosperity, Clouds float with time

    Flowers bloom prosperity, Clouds float with time

    02025HD

    A three-screen video installation juxtaposing the Dutch sky, the artist's grandparents' apartment, and the cityscape of Changsha.

    Flowers bloom prosperity, Clouds float with time