Filmmaker: Andreas Mendritzki

Fear of Snakes by Lorna Crozier

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Canadian filmmaker Andreas Mendritzki (GreenGround Productions) has done a very difficult thing here: made an videopoem for a narrative poem by suggesting the action described in the poem without directly showing it. The result is extremely effective, in my opinion. Evidently I’m not the only one who thinks so — it won first prize at the 2009 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival.

Lorna Crozier is a major Canadian poet. Here’s her website.