Zebra Poetry Film Festival
The Zebra Poetry Film Festival ( spelling ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival ) is an international festival for poetry films. Since 2002 it has presented the international status of the genre and announced the competition for the best poetry films. It is organized by the Haus für Poesie Berlin .
History and program
Originally, the zebra was part of the Berlin poetry festival . In 2006 it ran for the first time as an independent festival. In 2014 almost 800 films from 70 countries were submitted for the competition, in 2018 there were around 1200 submissions from 97 countries.
The festival took place in Berlin until 2014. In 2016 and 2018 it was organized in Münster by the Filmwerkstatt Münster in cooperation with the Haus für Poesie. From 2019 the Haus für Poesie will once again be holding the festival independently in Berlin.
The Zebra Poetry Film Festival announces the competition for the best poetry films. A program committee, consisting of experts from film and poetry, selects the films for the competition and recommends others for the festival program. Another jury made up of poetry, film and the media selects the winning films. In addition to the competition, special film programs, readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and the children's program ZEBRINO are part of the festival. The festival is a place of exchange for poets and film and festival makers from all over the world.
The best poetry films are regularly presented in the Haus für Poesie program, including in the monthly series Zebra Poetry Film Club. The Zebra archive now includes over 6000 films.
To the poetry film genre
Poetry films are short films that deal with poetry in terms of content, aesthetics or form.
The first film adaptation of the poem "Twas the Night before Christmas" (1822) by Clement Clark Moore was made in 1905. Another very early testimony to the influence of poetry on the great directors is the film "The Unchanging Sea" (1910) by DW Griffith based on the poem of the same name by Charles Kingsley . One of Mihály Kertesz's first films was the poetry film "Jön az öcsem", shot in 1919. It is based on the poem of the same name by Antal Farkas from the time of political upheaval in Hungary. In the 1940s, the film adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's “ Sorcerer's Apprentice ” resulted in the most popular film adaptation of a poem in Walt Disney's animation “Fantasia”. In the 1950s and 1960s the German-language poetry film reached a climax with the experimental films by Ernst Jandl , Friederike Mayröcker and Gerhard Rühm .
Winning films since 2002
2002
- 1st prize, donated by the German Society for Technical Cooperation : 15th February (UK 1995, director: Tim Webb, poem: "15th February" by Peter Reading )
- 2nd prize, donated by the German Society for Technical Cooperation: Global Positioning System (Greece 2001, directors: George Drivas, Maria Antelmann, poem: "Global Positioning System" by George Drivas)
- 3rd prize, donated by the German Society for Technical Cooperation: Unsagbar (Germany 2002, director: Philip Schappert, poem: "Deaf poem", author unknown)
- Special prize 2002, donated by Cine Impuls: Bestiarium (Germany 1989, director: Eku Wand , poem: "Bestiarium" by Ernst Jandl )
2004
- 1st prize, donated by the German Society for Technical Cooperation: After gray days (Germany 2003, director: Ralf Schmerberg, poem: "After gray days" by Ingeborg Bachmann )
- 2nd prize, donated by the German Society for Technical Cooperation: The Old Fools (UK 2002, director: Ruth Lingford, poems: “The Old Fools” by Philip Larkin)
- 3rd prize, donated by the German Society for Technical Cooperation: Love is the Law (Norway 2003, director: Eivind Tolas, poem: "Love is the Law" by Ole Mats Vevle)
- Prize of the radioeins audience jury: I like to Think (Right Now, Please!) (France 2004, director: Delphine Hallis, poem: "All watched over by machines of loving grace" by Richard Brautigan)
2006
- Zebra Prize for the best poetry film, donated by the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin: Oedipus (UK 2005, director: Rong, poem: "Oedipus" by Nathan Filer)
- Prize for experimental film poetry, sponsored by the Goethe-Institut: One Person / Lucy (Netherlands 2005, director: Taatske Pieterson, poem: "One Person / Lucy" by Taatske Pieterson)
- Prize for poetry, film and politics, donated by the Federal Agency for Civic Education : Just say no to family values (Italy 2005, director: Antonello Faretta, poem: "Just say no to family values" by John Giorno)
- Prize of the radioeines audience jury, donated by Cine Impuls: Generation (New Zealand 2004, director: David Downes, poem: "Generation" by David Downes)
2008
- Zebra Prize for the best poetry film, donated by the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin: The Dead (USA 2006, director: Juan Delcán, poem: "The Dead" by Billy Collins)
- Prize of the Goethe-Institut, donated by the Goethe-Institut: Une leçon particulière (France 2007, director: Raphael Chevenment, poem: “Vieille Chanson du jeune temps” by Victor Hugo)
- Prize of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, donated by the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin: Lucía (Chile 2007, Cristóbal León Dooner, Joaquín Cociña, Niles Atallah, poem: "Lucía" by Joaquín Cociña)
- Prize for the best children's film, donated by Cine-Impuls: Bestiarium (Germany, 1989, director: Eku Wand , poem: "Bestiarium" by Ernst Jandl )
- Prize of the radioeins audience jury: Silencijum (Croatia 2006, directors: Davor Medurecan, Marko Mestrovic, poem: "Balade" by Petrice Kerempuha, Miroslav Krleža)
2010
- Zebra Prize for the best poetry film, donated by the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin: Der Conny her Pony (Germany 2008, directors: Robert Pohle, Martin Hentze, poem: "Der Conny ihr Pony" by Gabriel Vetter)
- Filmpoesie-Preis of the Goethe-Institut, donated by the Goethe-Institut: To the Marriage of True Minds (UK 2010, director: Andrew Steggall, poem: "Sonnet 116 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds" by William Shakespeare)
- Ritter Sport Prize, donated by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG: Anna Blume (Germany / Bulgaria 2009, director: Vessela Dantcheva, poem: "An Anna Blume" by Kurt Schwitters )
- Radioeins audience jury award: Breathe (UK 2009, director: Emma Passmore, poem: "Breathe" by Emma Passmore)
- Award for the best children's film: About Bigmouse (Russian Federation 2008, director: Constantin Arefiev, poem: "About Bigmouse" by Ludmila Ulanova)
2012
- Zebra Prize for the best poetry film, donated by the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin: Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (Germany 2010, directors: Martin Wallner and Stefan Leuchtenberg, poem: "Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation" by Martin Wallner)
- Goethe Film Prize, donated by the Goethe-Institut: I come from ... (UK 2011, directors: Daniel Lucchesi and Alex Ramseyer, poem: "I come from ..." by Joseph Buckley)
- Ritter Sport Film Prize, donated by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG: Life and Deaf (UK 2012, director: Eelyn Lee, poem: "That's not All of Me", written by deaf people from the UK)
- Award "Best Film for Tolerance", donated by the Federal Foreign Office: Blood is Blood (Canada 2010, director: Carolyn Marie Souaid, poem "Blood is Blood" by Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid)
- Prize “Best First Work”, donated by Literature Across Frontiers: Heimweg (Germany 2010, director: Franziska Otto, poem “Heimweg” by Peh)
- Prize "Best cinematic poem performance", donated by Literature Across Frontiers: Why I Write (Cambodia 2011, director: Masahiro Sugano, poem: "Why I Write" by Kosal Khiev)
- Radioeins audience jury prize: Balada Catalana (France 2010, director: Laen Sanches, poem: “Balada Catalana” by Vicente Balaguet)
- ZEBRINO Prize for the best poetry film for children and young people, donated by the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Germany 2012, Director: Kerstin Höckel, poem: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
2014
- La'eb Al Nard / The Dice Player (Egypt 2013, director: Nissmah Roshdy, poem: "La'eb Al Nard" by Mahmoud Darwish)
- Pipene / The Pipes (Norway 2014, director: Kristian Pedersen, poem: "Pipene" by Øyvind Rimbereid)
- Essen - a piece with an upward view (Germany 2013, director: Peter Böving, poem: "Essen - a piece with an upward view" by Ernst Jandl)
- The Aegean or the Anus of Death (Greece 2014, director: Eleni Gioti, poem: "The Aegean or the Anus of Death" by Jazra Khaleed)
- ZEBRINO Prize for the best poetry film for children and young people: Death for a Unicorn (Switzerland 2013, directors: Riccardo Bernasconi, Francesca Reverdito, poem: "Death for a Unicorn" by Francesca Reverdito)
- Radioeins audience jury award: Rzeczy oczywiste / Self-evident Things (Poland 2013, Piotr Bosacki, poem: "Rzeczy oczywiste")
2016
- Zebra Prize for the best poetry film in the international competition, donated by the Haus für Poesie: Off the Trail (GB 2015, directors: Nick Jordan and Jakob Cartwright, poem: "Endless Streams and Mountains" by Gary Snyder)
- Goethe-Filmpreis, donated by the Goethe-Institut: Goldfish (D 2016, director: Rain Kencana, poem: “Golden Fish” by Shuntaro Tanikawa) and Process: Breath (N 2016, director: Line Klungseth Johansen, poem: “Process: Breath "By Line Klungseth Johansen)
- Award for the best film for tolerance, sponsored by the Federal Foreign Office: Steel and Air (USA 2016, director: Chris & Nick Libbey, poem: "Steel and Air" by John Ashbery) and Hail the Bodhisattva of Collected Junk (TWN 2015, director : Ye Mimi, poem: "Hail the Bodhisattva of Collected Junk" by Ye Mimi)
- Ritter Sport Film Prize in the German-language competition, sponsored by Alfred Ritter GmbH and Co KG: The fear of the wolf in front of the wolf (D 2014, director: Juliane Jaschnow, poem: "The fear of the wolf in front of the wolf" by Stefan Petermann)
- Audience award in the NRW competition, donated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG: Birds on Power Lines (D 2014, Director: Dean Ruddock, poem: "Birds on Power Lines" by Dean Ruddock)
- ZEBRINO Prize for the best poetry film for children and young people: Automne (Direction: Hugo de Faucompret, poem: "Automne" by Guillaume Apollinaire )
2018
- Zebra Prize for the best poetry film in the international competition, donated by the House for Poetry: Boy Saint (IRL 2018, director: Tom Speers, poem: "Boy Saint" by Peter LaBerge)
- Goethe Film Prize, donated by the Goethe Institute : Stad in die mis | City in the Mist (ZA 2016, director: Jac & Wessel Hamman, poem: "Stad in die mis" by DJ Opperman)
- Award for the best film for tolerance, donated by the Federal Foreign Office: Hate for Sale (NL 2017, director: Anna Eijsbouts, poem: "Hate for Sale" by Neil Gaiman )
- Ritter Sport Film Prize in the German-language competition, sponsored by Alfred Ritter GmbH and Co KG: Standard Time (D 2017, director: Hanna Slak, poem: "silhouettes in turbulence" by Daniela Seel)
- ZEBRINO Prize, donated by the Filmwerkstatt Münster, for the best poetry film for children and young people: Scrappy (USA 2016, director: Dawn Westlake, poem: "Scrappy" by Donald G. Westlake)
- Prize for the best poetry film from North Rhine-Westphalia, donated by the Filmwerkstatt Münster: "(No) We, I, Myself and Them?" (D 2017, director: Christin Bolewski, poem: "Massacre" by Liao Yiwu )