Program Poetryfilmtage

Official Selection 2025

We are so happy about all your submissions for the 10th Weimar Poetry Film Award! This year we received 500 films from 60 different countries. 47 of them were selected for our competition & the special programs!

Screening, Concert & Award Ceremony:
Sat. 24.05.2025, 7:00 pm

at Lichthaus cinema

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World Mirror of Poetry

In “World Mirror of Poetry” the audience travels in short documentaries around the globe to take a poetic look at the state of the world.

Screening
Fr. 23.05.2025, 2:00pm

at mon ami cinema

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German Language Poetry Films

The selection of German-language films emphasizes the importance that poetry film has achieved in the genre of short film. It also presents the wide range of experimentation between film and poetry.

Screening
Fr. 23.05.2025, 3:30 pm

at mon ami cinema

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Bauhaus Poetry Shorts

In this program, we’re thrilled to present poetry films made at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar last year. They’re a beautiful introduction to the Weimar animation and poetry film scene!

Screening
Fr. 23.05.2024, 4:45 pm
im mon ami Kino

New Talents

We are highlighting works produced within study programmes where the poetry film genre has gained ground to experiment and explore the interplay between image and text. The selection is characterized by the freshness and curiosity of new talent, freely exploring the genre and exploiting all its potential.

Screening und Q&A
Sat. 24.05.2025, 4:30 pm

at Lichthaus cinema

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News

Call 10. Poetry Film Award 2025

01.07.24

Call 2025 | 10th Weimar Poetry Film Award

Next year is going to be a special year – we’ll celebrate 10 years of Weimar Poetry Film Award! 🎉 Therefore we’re looking for your poetry films which you can already submit

Filmmakers from any nation and of any age are welcome to participate with up to three short films of up to 10:00 mins which should explore the relation between film and written poetry in an innovative, straightforward way. Films produced before 2022 will not be considered.

FuerImmer Best Video Award 2024
09.01.-Berkoavitch-Best Animation Award-2024

03.06.24

The Winners

The winners of the 9th Weimar Poetry Film Award

The films “Für immer” by Christian Tung Anh Nopper (Jury Award for Best Real Film) and “09.01. Berkovitch” by Anya Ryzhkova (Jury Award for Best Animation) have won this year’s Weimar Poetry Film Awards.

The films “Trains passing” (Germany, 2023) by Ani Mrelashvili, and “Oskar” (Canada, 2022) by Max Vannienschoot also received special mentions as particularly valuable films.

All festival films can still be viewed online on the festival website for a fee of 15 euros until June 15.

Download the Press Release with more details here!

03.05.24

Silent Party at ACC Galerie

Silent Party at the ACC Galery is about to happen again! You decide: dance or talk.
The party is taking place as part of the Poetryfilmtage and Lit.Collage, which are dedicated to the broad artistic field of visual-, literary- and sound-collage.

Sat. 25.05.2024, 9:00 PM
Fee: 10 euros | (7 euros rental for multi-channel headphones included!)

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01.05.24

Meet the Jury!

We are pleased to introduce the members of the jury of the 9th Weimar Poetry Film Award! 🎉

Our international jury consist of: Rike Bolte (Germany), Sarah Tremlett (UK) and Pierre Guiho (France). To find out more about their accomplishments and trajectory visit our Jury 2024 page.

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