This festival focuses on the poetics of nature and environment, and takes place annually in Copenhagen, Denmark (with headquarters in Sweden and Finland for smaller features) as well as an online festival which is of free access at poeticphonotheque.com during the festival dates.
The Organizers:
The Poetic Phonotheque started in 2020 as an audio collection of poetry from all over the world which now counts with over 500 adiovisual poems in all languages and an international permanent collection of poetry films. The Poetic Phonotheque is managed by Red Door Gallery in Copenhagen, which also counts with its own magazine www.reddoormagazine.com since 2009.
In 2021, Kulturhuset Islands Brygge (Copenhagen, Denmark) became the official home of the Poetic Phonotheque, to house its audio collection and launched a second round of poetry open calls to collect audio poetry recordings in every language with the theme of climate, sustainability, nature, and our planet's preservation as the focus.
In 2021, Kultivera, a cultural organization in the city of Tranås, Sweden, also became headquarters of the Phonotheque for that country.
In 2022, the screening location of the festival was Husets Biograf, a cultural centre located at Rådhusstræ 13 in central Copenhagen, Denmark.
In 2023, Bokens Hus, in Turku, Finland, joins the team as Finnish headquarters, collaborators and mapping team.
We invite you to submit your films on this important subject, whether they're animation, short film, poetry film, experimental, or documentaries. A focus on the THEME of STRUCTURES & ORGANISMS is encouraged.
Poetry films are invited to remain as part of the permanent video collection of the Poetic Phonotheque.
-ALL the films in the POETRY FILMS category (if selected) will be added to the permanent collection of the Poetic Phonotheque and screened in the various headquarters of the Poetic Phonotheque in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. (As well as wherever the Poetic Phonotheque is being featured / exhibited).
By submitting your poetry film, you agree for it to be placed in the permanent collection. (This does not apply to films in other categories, which are only screened during the festival and then discarded).
