{"id":2755,"date":"2013-09-22T12:11:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T12:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/?page_id=2755"},"modified":"2024-09-06T14:38:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:38:25","slug":"poetry-film-programme-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/competition-poetry-film\/poetry-film-programme-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry-Film Shortlist 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"silver\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indiecork.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/poetryfilm\/PoetryFilmSm.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/font><br \/>\n<center><em>17th, 18th and 20th October 2013<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/center><a href=\"http:\/\/indiecork.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"IndieCork\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IndieCorkLogovvSm.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><strong><font size=\"1\" color=\"black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indiecork.com\/\">Festival of Independent Cinema<\/a><\/font><\/strong><font size=\"1\"><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"1\">the<\/font> <font size=\"2\"><strong>\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al International Poetry-Film Competition 2013<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The competition shortlist of thirty films which follows, will be screened at the <a href=\"http:\/\/triskelartscentre.ie\/\"><strong>Triskel Arts Centre<\/strong><\/a> in two parts. These have been chosen from nearly one hundred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/?page_id=2532\"><strong>submissions<\/strong><\/a> of poetry films completed in the last two years, hailing from Ireland, Spain, Canada, USA, UK, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Israel and France. The \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al panel of judges will select one overall winner, who will receive the <strong>Indie<\/strong><font color=\"red\"><b>Cork<\/b><\/font> festival award for best poetry film at the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"green\">**Plus<\/font> a feature-length Documentary<\/strong>: \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al will also be screening the multi award-winning documentary from Leeds, <strong><font color=\"green\">We Are Poets<\/font><\/strong>, to be shown in Camden Palace on Sunday the 20th October at 5pm (see end of page).<\/p>\n<p><center><strong><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\">Tickets<\/font><\/strong> to all events are \u20ac<strong>5.50<\/strong> (\u20ac<strong>5.00<\/strong> unwaged)<\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner<\/strong> announced 2Oth Oct 2013: Congratulations goes to <strong>Manuel Vilarinho<\/strong> from Portugal, whose poetry-film <strong>No Pa\u00eds Dos Sacanas<\/strong> (In the Land of Bastards) has won the IndieCork Festival prize for best poetry-film, in the \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al International Poetry Film Competition.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\"><strong>Competition Shortlist &#8211; Screening A<\/strong> (65:24)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>17th October<\/strong><\/font> @ <font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>4pm<\/strong><\/font> &#8211; <font size=\"1\"><strong>Triskel Arts Centre<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/101 Afterlight - Timothy David Orme.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Afterlight<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(2:58)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Afterlight <\/strong> by Timothy David Orme<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; Afterlight is a short hand made film that explores both one&#8217;s inherent darkness and one&#8217;s inherent lightness. Every frame was made with charcoal on paper (sometimes each frame was drawn up to eight times) and then composited digitally.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Timothy David Orme<\/strong> (USA)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Timothy David Orme is a writer and filmmaker.  His short films have shown at large and small festivals and art galleries all over the world.  He is the author of <em>Oponearth<\/em> (BlazeVOX 2013) and <em>Catalogue of Burnt Text<\/em> (BlazeVOX 2009) as well as two chapbooks, most recently the first chapter of his novel <em>Reflummuxology: Or, A Navel Inverse<\/em> (Alice Blue Books 2012).  His poetry and essays have appeared in <em>Word For\/Word, Little Red Leaves, Interim, Colorado Review<\/em> and <em>Diagram<\/em>, among others.  For more about Tim, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timothydavidorme.com\">www.timothydavidorme.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-nfdrefbq4\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"399\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/102 Post Scriptum - Santiago Parres.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Post Scriptum<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(8:20)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Post Scriptum <\/strong> by Santiago Parres<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; Nobody understood the Prophets when talked about them. They are unshakeable witnesses of full moon and destruction, of arts and tides. They know our past glories and our present miseries. They behold us and stay hidden in the crowd&#8230; most time. They are intangible, and nevertheless the look so real.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Santiago Parres<\/strong> (Spain)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Santiago Parres (EZO), born in Valencia &#8211; Spain, is a self taught artist, writer, photographer and filmmaker. Working with a variety of media, the graphic design led him to photography, an activity that evolved into personal footage at the beginning, and now towards more elaborate productions. He usually takes part as a photographer in short films by other directors, and his projects include the acting photography, photo shoots for companies and more recently experimental films based in own scripts.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/103 First Death in Nova Scotia - John D. Scott.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>First Death in Nova Scotia<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(6:38)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>First Death in Nova Scotia <\/strong> by Elizabeth Bishop<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; The imaginative world of a young girl opens up as she is forced to consider what has happened to her recently deceased infant cousin Arthur.  An adaptation of a poem by Elizabeth Bishop.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>John D. Scott<\/strong> (Canada)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Scott has won many awards and distinctions as an independent filmmaker and television producer. Among his most recent work is the widely reviewed multi-award winning feature-length documentary on poet John Stiles called <em>Scouts Are Cancelled<\/em> (CBC Documentary 2008-2011) and <em>Notes on Liberty<\/em> (2009) which was chosen to represent the United States\u2019 abroad in a program entitled <em>The American Documentary Showcase<\/em>.  Currently he is working on a project featuring the life and work of Elizabeth Bishop that includes adaptations of her poems.  More at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magpieproductions.com\">www.magpieproductions.com<\/a> or contact at magpieproductions@gmail.com.  Love to hear your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/78184997?h=121cec7cf3\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\"    allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/104 I thought I was more memorable - James O Leary.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>I thought I was more memorable, like the beach at midnight <\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(2:08)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>I thought I was more memorable, like the beach at midnight  <\/strong> by James O\u2019Leary<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; A poem about absence and the affect a person can continue to have long after they\u2019re gone.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>James O\u2019Leary<\/strong> (Ireland)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">James O\u2019Leary recently adapted two of his poems into short voiceover-based films. The filmpoem <em>Afraid of what I would write<\/em> was screened at the Cork Underground Short Film Festival 2013 and the Filmpoem Festival 2013 in Dunbar, Scotland. The filmpoem <em>I thought I was more memorable, like the beach at midnight<\/em> was also screened at the Cork Underground Short Film Festival 2013, and is an official selection of the upcoming 2013 Visible Verse Festival at the Cinematheque in Vancouver, BC, Canada.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/105 Are Superheroes Buried With Children - Gerard Black.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Are Superheroes Buried With Children?<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(0:60)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Are Superheroes Buried With Children? <\/strong> by Padraig O Meiscill<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; The film is intended to highlight and interrogate the poem&#8217;s use of the imagery of childhood recreation to describe the slaughter of children in a warzone &#8211; in this instance the Gaza Strip, Palestine. If the poem uses the commercial bric a brac of a commercialised western childhood to question the less than equal status of childhood in the global south &#8211; and most importantly the death of childhood &#8211; the film poses an equally pertinent question. If the populations of western Europe and north America are routinely denied access to the visual imagery of childhood death caused as a result of western manufactured missiles, what is their response to the material most closely associated with their own children meeting a violent and brutal demise?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Gerard Black<\/strong> (Ireland)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Gerard Black is a film producer with the Creative Workers&#8217; Cooperative, Belfast. His projects have included working with teenagers from socially and economically deprived areas in producing and narrating documentaries about their communities.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/106 In the Sign - Marc Neys.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Ve Znaku\/In the Sign <\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(5:05)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" color=\"red\"><strong>Warning:<\/strong><\/font> Film contains strobing effects.<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Ve Znaku <\/strong> by Jarom\u00edr Typlt<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; Being stuck inside a life of words&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Marc Neys (aka Swoon)<\/strong> (Belgium)<\/p>\n<p>Swoon (a.k.a. Marc Neys, *1968) is a videopoem addict and has more than 120 collaborations to his name with, amongst others, David Tomaloff, Johan de Boose, Howie Good, Paul Perry and Jan Lauwereyns. His videos were selected for international festivals everywhere. In 2013 his film <em>Drift<\/em> won first prize at &#8216;La Parola Immaginata 2013&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swoon-bildos.be\">www.swoon-bildos.be<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/swoon_aka_marc_neys\">http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/swoon_aka_marc_neys<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/66885156\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/107 Journey up the Amazon - Martha McCollough.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Journey up the Amazon<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(1:47)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Journey up the Amazon  <\/strong> by Martha McCollough<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; Journey Up the Amazon is about death and shopping.  It conflates the idea of a strenuous physical journey with exploration of some of the more obscure corners of the amazon.com website, and is a meditation on transient experience vs. consumption, buying vs. making, and the disappointingness of things in general.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Martha McCollough<\/strong> (USA)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Martha McCollough is an artist, writer, and videographer who lives and works in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in the online magazines GoneLawn, Rattapallax, and TriQuarterly. It has been presented at festivals in Canada, Greece, the UK, and the USA.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/62751302\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/108 Tallinas street - Arturs Punte.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Tallinas street<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(4:21)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Tallinas street <\/strong> by Art\u016brs Punte<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; This is a video-documentation of live performance: the street noises in the real time are being transformed into music (every phenomena, such as cars, passers-by, cats, or bicyclists, right after being named, are getting turned into piano sounds). This sound-performance is applied as a soundtrack to the poem &#8220;Tallinas street&#8221;. Both the performance and the poem are dedicated to a certain street in R\u012bga &#8211; Tallinas street, where the video was also shot.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Art\u016brs Punte<\/strong> (Latvia)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Art\u016brs Punte is a poet and multimedia artist; co-founder of <em>Orbita<\/em> &#8211; a creative collective of Latvia-based Russian poets and artists whose works are dedicated to dialogue between various creative genres (music, video, etc.) and cultures. Punte was born in 1977 in Riga (Latvia). He was graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in 2004. Punte writes poems in Russian and Latvian, and also creates audio-visual works, such as various soundscapes, poetry videos and audio-visual installations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pj1ohhgTlVU\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"399\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/109 The Hollow Man - Sandor M. Salas.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>El hombre hueco \/ The Hollow Man <\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(4:59)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>El hombre hueco <\/strong> by \u00c1ngel Guinda<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; The work explores the emptiness of modern man in a form of social and philosophical criticism, proposing the need to purification or annihilation of this human type.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>S\u00e1ndor M. Salas<\/strong> (Spain)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">S\u00e1ndor M. Salas (Seville, Spain, 1983) studied at the Andalucian School of Cinematography in Seville (Spain), specializing in editing and digital postproduction. From a young age, he explored the audiovisual world in an autodidact way, trying out different disciplines such as video art, film or music video; in these early works, which he confronted by himself, S\u00e1ndor was in charge of the whole process, taking care of everything from writing the screenplay, to directing and editing the piece. In 2007, he formed Anandor Productions, an independent video production company based in Seville, with his life partner Anacinta Alonso. Through this platform, they produce the work of other artists as well as their own, maintaining the initial spirit of taking full responsibility for the entire process.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/67222178\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/110 FM-Biography - Matthias Fritsch.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>FM-Biography<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(6:50)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>FM-Biography <\/strong> by Agnieszka Wolny-Hamka\u0142o<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; FM-Biography is a poetry film inspired and based on the poem by Agnieszka Wolny-Hamka\u0142o. It was shot in Warsaw\/Poland and after completing the editing proposed to different musicians, to create an individual version, according to how they imagined the sound. There are different sound versions of this film. the concept behind that is to put an emphasis on the transformation process poem -&gt; silent film -&gt; film with music.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Matthias Fritsch<\/strong> (Germany)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Matthias Fritsch lives and works in Berlin and Athens. He studied Media Art at the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe (HfG) in Germany and Film, Fine Art and Curating at Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), New York State, USA. He has made several short and long movies, and media-based installations. Since 2010 Fritsch is the artistic director of the annual <em>Moving Silence Festival<\/em> in Athens and organizes other international events within this platform for contemporary silent film. <em>Moving Silence<\/em> was founded in 2009 by Marco Brosolo and Matthias Fritsch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4z4BA9jurmI\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"399\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/111 Your Memory is my Freedom - Ghayath Almadhoun.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Your Memory Is My Freedom<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(5:41)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Your Memory Is My Freedom <\/strong> by Marie Silkeberg<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; The film moves between the streets of Stockholm and streets in Syria. Images from the development of revolution to violence in Syria erupt into the peaceful streets of a northern European city. At great speed, as if haunted, the camera moves, the voice reads. The words hovering between past and present, man and woman, west and east questioning memory, the present, the potentialities and abyss in dialogue; calls for action.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Directors: <strong>Ghayath Almadhoun<\/strong> and <strong>Marie Silkeberg<\/strong> (Sweden)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Ghayath Almadhoun is a Palestinian poet, born 1979 in Damascus, Syria. Since 2008 he has been living in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied Arabic literary studies at Damascus University. He has worked as a journalist since 1999, with cultural articles, book and theater reviews for various Arabic-language magazines and newspapers such as <em>Al-Hayat<\/em> and <em>Al-Quds al-Arabi<\/em> (London) and <em>Annahar<\/em> (Beirut). He founded in 2006, together with the Syrian poet Lukman Derky, <em>The House of Poetry in Damascus<\/em>, where several international poets appeared together with Syrian poets.<\/p>\n<p>Marie Silkeberg was born in 1961 in Denmark and now lives in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a poet, translator, and professor in Literary Composition at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her books of poetry include <em>Sockenplan, s\u00e4ger hon<\/em> (Alberg Bonniers f\u00f6rlag, 2003), <em>23:23<\/em> (Alberg Bonniers f\u00f6rlag, 2006) and <em>Material<\/em> (Albert Bonniers f\u00f6rlag, 2010). She has translated numerous writers from English, French and Danish, including Marguerite Duras, Inger Christensen, Susan Howe, Rosmarie Waldrop and Patti Smith. She has been working with sound\/text compositions and videofilms with various composers and filmmakers. Her poetry films (together with Ghayath Almadhoun) include <em>\u00d6del\u00e4ggelse IV  Stockholm \u2013 Gaza<\/em> (2009) <em>The City<\/em> (2012) and <em>Your Memory is My Freedom<\/em> (2012).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wfOuJ-m5M14\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"399\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/112 Lulu Gay - Othniel Smith.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Lulu Gay<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(0:59)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Lulu Gay <\/strong> by Wallace Stevens<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; A mash-up of imagery taken from the public domain. According to my personal interpretation of this abstract, modernist work, the seductive heroine retains her poise and dignity in the face of the ignobility of others.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Othniel Smith<\/strong> (UK)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Othniel Smith is a writer whose work has included several plays and short stories for BBC Radio, eight episodes of the CBBC series <em>The Story Of Tracy Beaker<\/em>, and the Kindle exclusive novellas <em>Sons Of Nervous Lovers<\/em> and <em>The True Srory Of My Alien Abductions: By Adrian Longton<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nx20Vcut-5A\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"399\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/113 The Unimaginable - differentieel.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>The Unimaginable<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(4:55)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>The Unimaginable <\/strong> by Jimmy ThePeach<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; This short film tells a story about a long gone history, in an apparently untouched landscape.  You need to find the unimaginable there.  And then you come to the opposite, deeply sunk in snow and frozen surfaces.  Almost the reality of then:  \u201cThis beauty, has a thin skin. Scratch the land, and imagine, if you can, what lies buried beneath today\u201d.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>ferrie = differentieel<\/strong> (Netherlands)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">ferrie = differentieel is a pseudonym of Ferrie Maaswinkel (1947, Amsterdam). differentieel means a &#8216;switching mechanism&#8217; in Dutch, but also means &#8216;variation&#8217;. The greater the variation, the more the brain is challenged, are his thoughts. This variation can be found in his background, first as a painter and designer, but since 2007 as a sound-designer, arranger and composer. Meanwhile he also has an impressive list of compositions to his credits. He has strong preference for collaborations with other artists from varied disciplines. music and sound according to him, gives an extra dimension to a movie, a picture, a work of art. The imagination of the visitor is thus in many ways stimulated. In short, the brain is challenged. although his music as cinematic is circumscribed, it does not make music for the masses. His music is for the curious listener. For those who are open to a different interpretations than the usual. His musical productions always make you think.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59793600\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/114 dollhouse - Shabnam Piryaei.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>dollhouse<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(5:53)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>to enunciate the fertility of a pause <\/strong> by Shabnam Piryaei<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; We witness the devastating aftermath of war in a film that integrates original music and poetry.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Shabnam Piryaei<\/strong> (USA)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Shabnam Piryaei published her first collection of poetry o<em>de to fragile<\/em> with Plain View Press in 2010. Her work has been published in several journals including Poets &amp; Writers Magazine, Unsaid, The Florida Review and The Furnace Review. She has been awarded the Poets &amp; Writers Amy Award for Poetry and the Transport of the Aim Poetry Prize, as well as grants from the Elizabeth George Foundation, the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Most recently she has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her writings have been performed at the MAD Theatre Festival in the United Kingdom. Her poetry-films have been screened in festivals and art galleries internationally.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/35663098\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/115 In The Land of Bastards - Manuel Vilarinho.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>No Pa\u00eds Dos Sacanas \/ In the Land of Bastards<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(3:50)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\" color=\"red\">WINNER<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>No Pa\u00eds Dos Sacanas <\/strong> by Jorge de Sena<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; To be a crook and a half in the country of crooks?  No, since everyone is, at least two.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Manuel Vilarinho<\/strong> (Portugal)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Born in 1974, Manuel is a graduate in Tecnologia da Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o Audiovisual by IPP, Instituto Politecnico do Porto, in 2004. He directed several video clips for the music band, Fat Freddy during 2000 and 2003. In 2001 he won the FESTIVIDEO FILM FESTIVAL and the First Prize and Public award on OVAR VIDEO FILM FESTIVAL, with the short cut, <em>LADROES<\/em>. In 2004 he won the TAKE ONE prize at the International Video Festival of Vila de Conde, with <em>AGUENTA, RAPAZ<\/em>. During 2007 and 2011 he edited several TV programs. Manuel has worked at TVI, Independent Television in Portugal, since 2001.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xlZ8bIjun4c\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"399\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\"><strong>Competition Shortlist &#8211; Screening B<\/strong> (65:36)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong> <font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>18th October<\/strong><\/font> @ <font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>4pm<\/strong><\/font> &#8211; <strong>Triskel Arts Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/font><font size=\"1\"><\/font><font size=\"1\"><\/font><font size=\"1\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/201 In the Waiting Room - John D. Scott.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>In the Waiting Room<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(6:04)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>In the Waiting Room <\/strong> by Elizabeth Bishop<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; An adaptation of one of Elizabeth Bishop&#8217;s most loved poems, <em>In the Waiting Room<\/em> tells the story of a six-year-old girl in 1917 who suddenly realizes that she is her own person.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>John D. Scott<\/strong> (Canada)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Scott has won many awards and distinctions as an independent filmmaker and television producer. Among his most recent work is the widely reviewed multi-award winning feature-length documentary on poet John Stiles called <em>Scouts Are Cancelled<\/em> (CBC Documentary 2008-2011) and <em>Notes on Liberty<\/em> (2009) which was chosen to represent the United States\u2019 abroad in a program entitled <em>The American Documentary Showcase<\/em>.  Currently he is working on a project featuring the life and work of Elizabeth Bishop that includes adaptations of her poems.  More at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magpieproductions.com\">www.magpieproductions.com<\/a> or contact at magpieproductions@gmail.com.  Love to hear your thoughts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/116041023?h=70aa159b3f\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/202 Innisfree - Don Carey.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Innisfree<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(2:21)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>The Lake Isle of Innisfree <\/strong> by W.B. Yeats<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; A man in a chaotic and depressing urban environment seeks to escape his surroundings.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Don Carey<\/strong> (Ireland)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Don Carey is a graduate of Animation at Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Dublin.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/105003356\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/203 Miriams Song - Shabnam Piryaei.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Miriam&#8217;s Song<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(5:12 )<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Miriam\u2019s Song; Lullaby <\/strong> by Shabnam Piryaei<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; Incorporating original poetry and music, this film explores the resilience of children in circumstances of trauma and loneliness, particularly their use of imagination as a tool for endurance and escape.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Shabnam Piryaei<\/strong> (USA)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Shabnam Piryaei published her first collection of poetry <em>ode to fragile<\/em>, with Plain View Press in 2010. Her work has been published in several journals including Poets &amp; Writers Magazine, Unsaid, The Florida Review and The Furnace Review. She has been awarded the Poets &amp; Writers Amy Award for Poetry and the Transport of the Aim Poetry Prize, as well as grants from the Elizabeth George Foundation, the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Most recently she has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her writings have been performed at the MAD Theatre Festival in the United Kingdom. Her poetry-films have been screened in festivals and art galleries internationally.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/29745591\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/204 A fora - Marc Capdevila.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>A Fora \/ Outside<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(5:20)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>A Fora <\/strong> by Albert Balasch<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; A Fora (Outside) is a prose poem written by the Catalan poet Albert Balasch in 2011. It is a poem based on his novella A FORA, self-published in 1999. A few years ago, Balasch began a series of collaborations with the painter Ti\u00e0 Zanoguera. It was from this collaboration that the idea of adapting the original novella to comic form arose. Zanoguera then created a long series of paintings and drawings that gave birth to the project. In the end, the project did not come to fruition, but the filmmaker and editor Marc Capdevila thought about the possibility of animating the pages and paintings that had been produced. And in this way they constructed a short-film combining poetry, painting and 2D animation. Zanoguera and Capdevila took photographs of the painting and worked on them with animation software. Then Balasch reduced the text to a poem in search of the ellipsis. The result of all this process is a short-film that aims to maintain the texture of the original paintings, the expressivity of the brush strokes and the vitality of the range of colours. In short, the result is A FORA (Outside), a brief journey. A man gets out. There he finds the head of his father. Then he comes back.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Directors: <strong>Marc Capdevila, Ti\u00e0 Zanoguera<\/strong> and <strong>Albert Balasch<\/strong> (Catalonia)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Marc Capdevila (Barcelona, 1974) is a filmmaker and editor. He has edited documentaries and fictions. At this moment he is finishing his first documentary <em>El pes de la palla<\/em>, co-directed with Francesc Torrent. You can find the trailer at: <a href=\"http:\/\/pesdelapalla.wordpress.com\/\">pesdelapalla.wordpress.com<\/a>. As a poet, he took part in an edition of the Poetry Week of Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Ti\u00e0 Zanoguera (Palma de Mallorca, 1973) is a painter. He has exhibited his pictorial and sculptural works in several expositions, both individual and collective. As a poet, he took part in an edition of the Poetry Week of Barcelona. As a painter, he has illustrated an edition of Jospeh Conrad\u2019s <em>The heart of darkness<\/em> (Grandes cl\u00e1sicos Mondadori, 2009). For Ti\u00e0 Zanoguera, A Fora is his second videocreation.<\/p>\n<p>For the poet Albert Balasch, A Fora is his first videocreation. In 2011, with Marc Capdevila, he did the sound installation <em>Grava, una tempesta<\/em>, based on a play of his own. You can listen to it on his personal blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/schalab.wordpress.com\">schalab.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39567402\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/205 Devolvendo Isabel - Alexandre Braga.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Devolvendo Isabel \/ Returning Isabel<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(8:42)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>O Amor fez-me lembrar (Love has reminded me) <\/strong> by Alexandre Braga<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; Isabel, years after the event, discovers something that was left undone: obscure yet frighteningly present. This presence leads her to make a strange ritual: To revisit the crater lake, at the top of a small volcano, the place where everything had happened in her inescapable relationship with Joao. There, into the centre of a circular lake, she casts the last and most beautiful love letter written by him, tied to a stone, in an attempt to put an end to this feeling, this longing mixed with madness, shadow and light. An attempt to finally return herself to herself.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Alexandre Braga<\/strong> (Portugal)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Alexandre spent his childhood in music education before going on to study communication &amp; film studies in his home town of S\u00e3o Paulo | Brasil. He later settled in Lisbon \u2013 Portugal, years after his first short film and dedicated himself to advertising projects. Now with this own production company, he has decided to return to the world of motion poetry, fiction and drama.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/206 Our Bodies - Matt Mullins.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Our Bodies (a sinner\u2019s prayer)<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(2:24)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Our Bodies (a sinner\u2019s prayer) <\/strong> by Matt Mullins<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; Inside this public domain footage of an Oral Robert\u2019s sermon, Matt Mullins saw a poem in praise of rational humanism, revealing what he feels is the ultimate truth: In the end, it&#8217;s humanity that&#8217;s holy. Our bodies with their flaws and potential. So he took Roberts\u2019 sermon apart, reconstructed it, and used Roberts\u2019 voice to deliver an original poem in praise of the inherent divinity of our bodies.  In addition, one of Matt\u2019s goals with this piece was to create a rhythmic flow and visual collage, a kind of dance that uses the exaggerated gestures of Roberts\u2019 preaching style as a visual counterpoint to the poem\u2019s language.  Overall, the intent of the filmpoem is to reveal new layers of meaning inside the words of others in a way that expands upon, rather than belittles or mocks the source material. It\u2019s important to note that<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Matt Mullins<\/strong> (USA)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Matt Mullins is a writer, musician, experimental filmmaker and multimedia artist. His filmpoems have been screened at conferences and film festivals in the U.S. and abroad.  His fiction and poetry have appeared in a number of print and online literary journals including Mid American Review, Pleiades, Hunger Mountain, Descant, and Hobart.  His debut collection of short stories, Three Ways of the Saw, was published by Atticus Books in 2012 and was named a finalist for Foreward Magazine\u2019s 2012 Book of the Year.  Matt teaches creative writing at Ball State University where he is an Emerging Media Fellow at the Center for Media Design.  You can engage his interactive\/digital literary interfaces at lit-digital.com.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/57012998\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/207 The Trouble With Dreams - Antony Batchelor.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>The Trouble With Dreams<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(4:10)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>The Trouble With Dreams <\/strong> by Rik Sykes<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; The poem is a re-imagining of Martin Luther King&#8217;s &#8216;I Have a Dream&#8217; speech and looks at the idea of fragmented, broken dreams. The poem uses contemporary news stories to garner a 21st century understanding of those momentous words, spoken 50 years ago, and asks how far have we come. The film is a mixture of new and archive super 8 footage combined with an original music score. It aims to trigger an emotional response in the viewer beyond the words and images by juxtaposing personal family portraits with contemporary headlines. It was also made as part of the &#8216;Architects of our Republic&#8217; project which can be found at www.architectsofourrepublic.co.uk<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Antony Batchelor<\/strong> (England)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Batch is an independent filmmaker working in the south of England. He works predominantly in film education. This is his first independent project and his first venture into poetry film.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y7qeVeFfcKE\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/208 Becoming Judas - Cheryl Gross.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Becoming Judas<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(7:08)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Becoming Judas <\/strong> by Nicelle Davis<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Becoming Judas<\/em> is a motion graphic\/animation that illustrates 4 poems from the book by the same name. Poet Nicelle Davis has reinterpreted the bible, interweaving her life and establishing rock icons as biblical entities. The illustrations by Cheryl Gross add clarity to Nicelle\u2019s poetry, allowing the audience to comprehend and recognize the significance of the work. This along with the music of Karl Preusser adds perfection to the collaboration.  Individually the illustrations, music, and poetry all stand on their own. However, the combination has surpassed their traditional categories, and transcended into New Media\/Video Poetry.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Cheryl Gross<\/strong> (USA)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Cheryl Gross is an illustrator, writer, motiongraphic artist, living and working in the New York area. She is a professor at Pratt Institute and Bloomfield College where she teaches her vocation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hsybzQ7axTQ\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"399\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/209 The Last Lapwing Egg - Richard van der Laan.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>It L\u00easte Ljipaai \/ The Last Lapwing Egg <\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(6:38)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>It L\u00easte Ljipaai <\/strong> by Siem de Vlas<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; In Frysl\u00e2n there is a cultural-historical competition to find the first lapwing egg of the year. This visual poem captures the spirit of a tradition, which is bound for extinction. I made this film in admiration of my father. When I was a little boy he took me into the meadows to find eggs. I still remember the beauty of the landscape, the sound of the birds and the excitement when we found eggs. Sadly we never found the first egg. I also remember the cold of the wind and tired feelings in my small legs. Often asking my father to carry me on his back. The poem was specifically written for a video poem.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Richard van der Laan<\/strong> (Netherlands)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Richard van der Laan is a dutch filmmaker of short films and experimental video art. Richard graduated in computer science and has a career as a software architect. As a child he was already intrigued by storytelling in film. Over the last years Richard invested most of his spare time in developing his skills in filmmaking.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/62768855\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/210 high voltage acts of kindness - Lees and Rooney.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>high voltage acts of kindness<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(1:41)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>high voltage acts of kindness <\/strong> by Janet Lees<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; <em>high voltage acts of kindness<\/em> is a videopoem from Lees &amp; Rooney\u2019s project <em>Snatch<\/em>. This is a series of digital works featuring found text from mass communications, allied with film and sound to reveal a shadow narrative \u2013 the flip side of the consumerist dream. In <em>high voltage acts of kindness<\/em>, text snatched from ads on the London Underground has been rearranged and juxtaposed with video footage. The resulting piece poses unspoken questions about the nature of the things we are promised in life. What do these \u2018acts of kindness\u2019 actually deliver? What effect do they really have on our lives? How will the seduction ultimately play out?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Rooney and Janet Lees<\/strong> (UK)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Lees &amp; Rooney is a collaborative partnership between poet Janet Lees and photographer\/videographer Rooney. Rooney has won acclaim for his raw, thought-provoking images and distinctive short films. Janet was featured poet for September 2013 in the neo:anthology project and one of 12 poets shortlisted for the inaugural Poetry School and Pighog Press pamphlet competition this year. Having previously worked together as an advertising creative team, they are now collaborating on a range of digital projects.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/69466398\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/211 Lapiths and Centaurs - Frank Muller.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Lapiths and Centaurs<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(6:38)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Lapiths and Centaurs<\/strong> (from the 12th book of the Metamorphosis) by Ovid<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; Giants and horsemen meet for a bloody wedding meal. In wild rage and lust for murder they tear and destroy everything that comes upon their faces. Inspired by Ovid&#8217;s Metamorphoses and Michael Bay&#8217;s Transformers.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Frank M\u00fcller<\/strong> (Germany)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Frank M\u00fcller studied History, Art History and Russian in Mainz and Berlin. He also studied as a film-director at the Higher Courses for Directors and Screenplaywriters in Moscow. Since 1998 he has lived in Hamburg where he works as a freelance director, realising TV-Segments, Industrial films, Commercials and Documentaries. In 1994 his film <em>Magia Peng Bo<\/em> won best Film at the Moskow Filmfestival for Experiments, and Best Studentfilm at the Internationales Shortfilmfestifal in Luga.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/212 The City - Ghayath Almadhoun.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>The City<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(7:00)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poems: <strong>The City<\/strong> and <strong>What Gas <\/strong> by Ghayath Almadhoun &amp; Marie Silkeberg<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; The film is based on two poems by two different poets from different parts of the world, read by many voices. Repetitiously falling buildings showing the life and death of the city. A remembrance of cities destroyed. A celebration of its inhabitants.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Directors: <strong>Ghayath Almadhoun<\/strong> and <strong>Marie Silkeberg<\/strong> (Sweden)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Ghayath Almadhoun is a Palestinian poet, born 1979 in Damascus, Syria. Since 2008 he has been living in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied Arabic literary studies at Damascus University. He has worked as a journalist since 1999, with cultural articles, book and theater reviews for various Arabic-language magazines and newspapers such as <em>Al-Hayat<\/em> and <em>Al-Quds al-Arabi<\/em> (London) and <em>Annahar<\/em> (Beirut). He founded in 2006, together with the Syrian poet Lukman Derky, <em>The House of Poetry in Damascus<\/em>, where several international poets appeared together with Syrian poets.<\/p>\n<p>Marie Silkeberg was born in 1961 in Denmark and now lives in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a poet, translator, and professor in Literary Composition at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her books of poetry include <em>Sockenplan, s\u00e4ger hon<\/em> (Alberg Bonniers f\u00f6rlag, 2003), <em>23:23<\/em> (Alberg Bonniers f\u00f6rlag, 2006) and <em>Material<\/em> (Albert Bonniers f\u00f6rlag, 2010). She has translated numerous writers from English, French and Danish, including Marguerite Duras, Inger Christensen, Susan Howe, Rosmarie Waldrop and Patti Smith. She has been working with sound\/text compositions and videofilms with various composers and filmmakers. Her poetry films (together with Ghayath Almadhoun) include <em>\u00d6del\u00e4ggelse IV  Stockholm \u2013 Gaza<\/em> (2009) <em>The City<\/em> (2012) and <em>Your Memory is My Freedom<\/em> (2012).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bDn_dKLtEnw\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"399\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/213 Something I Remember - Susanne Wiegner.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Something I Remember<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(2:20)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>something I remember <\/strong> by Robert Lax<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; <em>something I remember<\/em> is a poem by Robert Lax that describes a certain moment outside of time and space during a rainy night. The letters of the poem are divided into numerous layers. These layers become spaces, streets and the falling rain, and in the end &#8230; &#8220;there is nothing particular about it to recall&#8221;.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Susanne Wiegner<\/strong> (Germany)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Susanne Wiegner studied architecture at the Academy of fine Arts in Munich and at Pratt Institute in New York City. She works as an architect and 3D-artist in Munich, Germany. In addition to projects in real space, for several years she has been creating 3D computer animations dealing with literature and with virtual space. Venues where her work have been shown include the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Jenisch Haus in Hamburg, the Art + Technology Center EYEBEAM in New York City, festivals in Marseille, Rotterdam, Berlin, Athens, Lisbon, Copenhagen, New Delhi, Damascus, Beirut, Vienna, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Moscow, London, Macau, Sao Paulo etc. In 2011 her film <em>just midnight<\/em> was the winner of the festival award &#8220;la parola immaginata&#8221; in Bergamo, Italy and in 2012 her film <em>at the museum<\/em> won the Ballon-Prize at crosstalk VideoArtFestival 2012, Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EY5IMO0YNqs\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"399\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/214 the one about the bird - Melissa Diem.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>the one about the bird<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(3:21)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>the one about the bird <\/strong> by Melissa Diem<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; <em>the one about the bird<\/em>  explores the human attraction to horrific events through the medium of film. And the idea of the desire to stop and begin again when a situation, an experience, humanity&#8230; seems to have gone so horrendously wrong that it is beyond the point of return and can never be undone. The poem and the visuals were influenced by a black and white film (source unknown) in which children stone a wounded bird to death. I saw this clip of film at a young age and the scenes and all they implied were so startling to me that I have never forgotten the images.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Melissa Diem<\/strong> (Ireland)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Melissa Diem has an MPhil in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin and was awarded a Bank of Ireland Millennium Scholarship. She has published the novel <em>Changeling<\/em> [Pan (UK) and Gill &amp; Macmillan (Ireland)] and poetry in several journals including <em>Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, The Shop, The Sunday Tribune<\/em>, and <em>Rival<\/em>. She was the Featured Poet in The Stinging Fly Spring issue 2010. She was shortlisted for both the Hennessy Literary Awards and the Bradshaw Cork Literary Review Poetry Manuscript Competition and joint runner up for the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award. Melissa has exhibited visual media throughout Ireland including at the RHA, Iontas, Guinness Hopstore and The Ark. She is currently focusing on experimental and poetry films and <em>the one about the bird<\/em> is her debut poetry film.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/62244993\" width=\"490\" height=\"276\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/215 Portugal - Manuel Vilarinho.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>Portugal<\/strong><\/font> <font size=\"1\">(5:05)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Poem: <strong>Portugal <\/strong> by Jorge Sousa Braga<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> &#8211; A love a letter to Portugal<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Director: <strong>Manuel Vilarinho<\/strong> (Portugal)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\">Born in 1974, Manuel is a graduate in Tecnologia da Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o Audiovisual by IPP, Instituto Politecnico do Porto, in 2004. He directed several video clips for the music band, Fat Freddy during 2000 and 2003. In 2001 he won the FESTIVIDEO FILM FESTIVAL and the First Prize and Public award on OVAR VIDEO FILM FESTIVAL, with the short cut, <em>LADROES<\/em>. In 2004 he won the TAKE ONE prize at the International Video Festival of Vila de Conde, with <em>AGUENTA, RAPAZ<\/em>. During 2007 and 2011 he edited several TV programs. Manuel has worked at TVI, Independent Television in Portugal, since 2001.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\"><strong>Documentary Screening<\/strong> (80:45)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday<\/strong> <font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>20th October<\/strong><\/font> @ <font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>5pm<\/strong><\/font> &#8211; <strong>Camden Palace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"silver\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/We Are Poets.jpg\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\"\/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=\"2\" color=\"green\"><strong>We Are Poets<\/strong><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\">(83 min)<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\"><strong>We Are Poets<\/strong> presents a moving and radical story of youth, art and freedom of expression, as a remarkable team of six British teenagers are chosen to represent the UK at Brave New Voices: the most prestigious Poetry Slam competition in the world.  From their inner city lives on the red bricked backstreets of Northern England, to a stage in front of the White House in Washington DC, the young poets explosively lay bare the concerns of a generation as they take on the world and prepare for a transformational and emotional journey of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directors<\/strong>: We Are Poets is the directorial debut of <strong>Alex Ramseyer-Bache<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Daniel Lucchesi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, whilst studying a degree in film production, <strong>Alex Ramseyer\u2013Bache<\/strong> began work in education and community arts delivering film projects in some of Yorkshire\u2019s most disadvantaged and ethnically diverse areas.  As a freelance director\/cameraman and as a director\/editor with Access Moving Image Films, he has since worked closely with campaign groups, schools, councils, community projects and artists in the region, directing a diverse range of hard hitting films exploring social cohesion and youth culture.  This collaboration with the local communities, and a desire to represent a positive and change provoking image of young people, culminated with the work he and his creative partner Daniel Lucchesi have done with the LYA poetry group and led to the now award winning WE ARE POETS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Lucchesi<\/strong> began his career in his early teens making skateboarding videos for local skate shops; he has since maintained a far less demanding career in film and television. He graduated from the Leeds Northern Film School in July 2007 where he met long-term creative partner Alex Ramseyer-Bache, whom he co-directed and produced his first feature film with, the award winning \u2018We Are Poets\u2019. He now lives and works in London as a freelance PD, cameraman and editor for a number of major production companies on high-end television programmes. He also writes and directs comedy sketches for the BBC<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17th, 18th and 20th October 2013 &nbsp; Festival of Independent Cinema &nbsp; the \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al International Poetry-Film Competition 2013 The competition shortlist of thirty films which follows, will be screened at the Triskel Arts Centre in two parts. 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