Bruno K. Öijer(2015)

Elling(no)

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

My Salinger Year(en)

A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.

The Kindergarten Teacher(en)

Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.

The Broken Tower(en)

Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

Poets Against the Bomb(en)

An event organised by CND pits the bomb against poetry. Hear artists who hoped that words and rhymes could put an end to destructive times.

Bukowski: The Last Straw(en)

The Last Straw is a film documenting the very last live poetry reading given by Charles Bukowski at The Sweetwater, a music club in Redondo Beach, California on March 31, 1980

Francisco Massiani(es)

This documentary is a chronicle of the journey through the most important sites of the life of venezuelan writer Francisco Massiani who reveals the details of his work and the love of his life.

Wealth of a Nation(en)

This film explores freedom of speech in the United States of America

Treno di parole, viaggio nella poesia di Raffaello Baldini(it)

The œuvre of poet Raffaello Baldini (1924-2005) through the words of those who knew him, the poems he himself read, the fragments of his monologues, his beloved Romagna landscapes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen(en)

A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.

Wake Up, Leviathan(pt)

T. S. Eliot ends one of his most famous poems, "The Hollow Men", by repeating three times the sentence "This is how the world ends" - and then adding: "Not with a bang but a whimper."

De sangue e cristais(gl)

Though You May Not Know(es)

An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and his contact with other artists, both from the literary world and from other disciplines.

Sono Guido e non Guido(it)

Ideal Home(en)

A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.

The Twilight Hour(fa)

Sohrab, a young Iranian soldier, finds himself face-to-face with his fellow citizens during a demonstration.

Gamitin Mo Ako(tl)

A young woman and her mother fight over one man in this dramatic film about three people who genuinely love each other yet express their affection the wrong way.

The Samaritans(en)

A man gets into a terrible traffic accident in the middle of nowhere, and two religious zealots try their best to "save" him.

Wenn es Liebe ist(de)

Ich und Christine(de)