International Poetry Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2026 Official Selection

The fifth edition of the International Poetry Film Festival, Los Angeles, features screenings of 64 poem-based films from around the world, including selections from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom, among other countries. Selected by festival director Lynn Holley and Beyond Baroque, the films will be screened in The Wanda Coleman Theater.

The official schedule for the festival’s program will include a variety of experimental, narrative, documentary, and animated poem-based films. We are thrilled to showcase the work of filmmakers and poets pushing the boundaries of their artistic disciplines to create a whole new experience for lovers of both art forms.

More information about the films showcased this year can be found at poetryfilmfestival.org.

International Poetry Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2026, Schedule

Animation - 11:30 - 12:15 PM

I Never Thought of Phoenixes — 2:00

Limbed — 1:33

Naked in the Desert with a Gun — 4:59

Breathing — 10:00

09.01.berkovich — 6:00

Saddleback Street — 1:30

1837: Cold Magic — 1:39

The Haunted Saxophone — 6:42

Time — 04:06

Arose — 0:39

Total Running Time: 39:08

Documentary - 12:15 - 1:00 PM

HOLDING COURT: Sapphic Voices — 6:26

The Climate Change Volumes: Fall — 4:53

Teslam Idek”- Bless Your Hand — 12:00

WELCOME TO TENDERLOIN — 4:21

Elise Paschen: In Her Own Words [Short] — 10:00

Total Running Time: 37:40

Experimental Pt. I - 1:15 - 2:45 PM

The Harbour — 2:39

What If You Fly? — 12:12

withal our bodies we are — 7:42

Snakebite Psalm — 6:01

Esta Noche — 1:06

A Necessary Silence (Four Acts) — 6:59

You Are Beside Yourself — 4:46

a loved one goes by me — 8:10

INDIGESTION — 0:44

GASTROMANCY — 5:41

DEADEYE — 7:10

Philophobia — 1:50

My Mother Ceridwen — 1:52

Juggling between wake and sleep — 9:42

Re- — 4:23

Crossing Paths — 4:37

Total Running Time: 85:34

Experimental Pt. II - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Infertility in Planck Time — 4:16

After the Dome Fire — 2:31

A Warrior's Farewell — 2:53

After the Funeral — 1:39

TRAMAS — 5:25

Blood Hounds — 3:10

Melanie — 4:00

crash course on numbers — 4:24

Back Door Man — 9:28

hægtesse — 7:19

KNOWING — 6:46

Senses — 4:36

Duties of My Heart — 10:00

Ex Libris — 1:11

Under Chestnut Trees — 1:13

The Simultaneity of Breathing — 4:14

Seasons — 9:19

Total Running Time: 82:24

Narrative - 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM

All That She — 5:56

Cynical Trains — 2:24

my father's breath: (i see you) — 5:19

Long Line — 1:41

I Met a Stoic — 1:43

We Send Our Signal — 2:12

Late on the Planet — 5:00

Letter — 7:00

Comma of Didymus — 8:56

Walking The Dog — 2: 52

Arise — 3:59

FROM SAFFRON MOORS — 2:11

The Burnout — 5:46

Fags — 2:37

Hair Trails — 7:41

Reach — 6:15

Total Running Time: 71:32

About Beyond Baroque

is one of the United States' leading independent Literary | Arts Centers and public spaces dedicated to expanding the public's knowledge of poetry, literature and art through cultural events and community interaction. Founded in 1968 as an experimental literary magazine, Beyond Baroque is based out of the original City Hall building in Venice, California. The Center offers a diverse variety of literary and arts programming including readings and workshops. The building also houses a bookstore with a large collection of new poetry books for sale.

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