The Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival is an event entirely devoted to the celebration and showcase of poetry film. Poetry film or video poetry is a fast-growing art form that combines poetry, moving images, sound and music. We would like to invite film-makers and poets of any age and backgrounds to participate in the second edition of the Festival which will take place in October 2024 in Wellington. In particular, we encourage the submission of innovative and eclectic takes on poetry film as a distinct media form.
The Festival will feature a poetry film competition, workshops, seminars, poetry readings and retrospectives and it will offer the opportunity to showcase the diversity of poetry film produced both in Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas. The 2024 Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival is organised in collaboration with Victoria University of Wellington.
The 2024 Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival is inviting entries for three categories of the film competition:
- Best International Poetry Film
- Best New Zealand Poetry Film
- Best Student Poetry Film (film-makers need to be enrolled in a secondary or tertiary education institution at the time of submission)
All films selected for competition will receive a festival laurel and the winners of each competition category will receive a trophy.
The festival jury will comprise local and international award-winning film-makers, poets and academics.