Claustrophobia by Gaia Holmes
Another Gaia Holmes video poem from Comma Film, this one by Charlotte Caetano, with narration by the poet.
View ArticleArchaeology by Gaia Holmes
Another fine Comma Film video of a poem by Gaia Holmes, this time by Lisa Risbec, with narration by Jo Bryan. There’s a kind of Russian doll effect at work here: a film within a film, and a book...
View ArticleIf You Were… by Julian Daniel
Tamzin Forster’s animation for what she calls a love poem by Julian Daniel. This was the winner in the Best Poem Film category at the 2009 Version Film Fest in Manchester, UK.
View ArticleNight Vision by Eleanor Rees
This is a collaboration between the poet, Eleanor Rees, and the filmmaker, Glenn-emlyn Richards. It was featured as part of the Comma Film/ Version Film Festival 2009 and the Sadho Poetry Film...
View ArticleSoxy by Sadie Fisher
A collaboration between Glenn-emlyn Richards and Sadie Fisher for the Comma Press Poetry Film Festival 2010. Fisher describes herself as a writer of short fictions; an actress of clear convictions; an...
View ArticleJupiter by Diana Syder
Sally Fryer animates a poem by Diana Syder for the Version Film Festival in Manchester. The poem is from the recent Comma Press title Planet Box, a collaboration between Syder and artist Laura Daly.
View ArticleMonster by Chris Woods
Bob Moyler directs. 100% recycled cardboard sewn together. Monster is a short film commissioned by Comma Film as part of the Version Film Festival 2009. Based on a poem by Chris Woods. Woods is the...
View ArticleSometimes by Tony Walsh/Longfella
David Wharton directed this film for a poem by UK performance poet Tony Walsh, A.K.A. Longfella. Videopoetry critic Erica Goss writes, Actor James Foster delivers an emotional punch you won’t forget:...
View ArticleIce Hotel by Gaia Holmes
James Starkie directs. “Created as part of a collaboration between Bokeh Yeah! and Comma Press, based on a poem by Gaia Holmes.”
View ArticleOn Miles Platting Station by Simon Armitage
Kate Jessop originally made this for Comma Film (a project of UK publisher Comma Press) in 2007. It’s the most recent video feature at American literary magazine Tin House. Jessop’s On Miles Platting...
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