
Huge Congratulations to Anya Ryzhkova! - Winner of the 12th Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film Competition, for her superb film '09.01.berkovich'. 30 shortlisted films were screened at the 12th Winter Warmer poetry festival (22nd-24th Nov 2024) at Nano Nagle Place in Cork city, as well as online. The screenings can be viewed here:
https://www.obheal.ie/WinterWarmer/PoetryFestival2024.htm
For the 13th edition, a competition shortlist of 30 films will be chosen from all entries, and screened on 30th November 2025. They will also be live steamed. A further 15 films made in Ireland will form an additional screening. The Winter Warmer poetry festival was discontinued in December 2024, so we will be announcing a new screening venue during the year.
Previous winners include Anya Ryzhkova, Kate Sweeney, Jelle Meys, Janet Lees, Peta-Maria Tunui, Waitahi Aniwaniwa McGee, Shania Bailey-Edmonds, Jesse-Ana Harris, Lilián Pallares, Charles Olsen, Fiona Aryan, Alvaro Martin, Kayla Jeanson, Marie Craven, Cheryl Gross, Marleen van der Werf and Manuel Vilarinho.
The overall winner of the Ó Bhéal International Poetry Film Competition will receive the festival award for best poetry-film, along with a cash prize of 500 euros. The award is designed by glass artist/poet Michael Ray.
In addition, the Irish Poetry Film selection will also produce one winner, who will receive a cash prize of 250 euros.
View previous winners and prizes at: https://www.obheal.ie/blog/competition-poetry-film/
Shortlisted films to date have also featured in Ó Bhéal’s poetry-film touring programme, at a number of international film and literary festivals, to date including the Clare Island Film Festival, Belfast Film Festival, Stanzas in Limerick, the Cyclops festival in Kiev, Poemaria in Vigo, the Madeira Literary Festival (2018), Salerno Letteratura (2018), Cadence: Video Poetry Festival in Seattle (2019) and REEL Poetry festival, Houston, Tx (2025).