“Always look on the bright side of life” (Eric Idle). So here are ten funny poetry films which have participated in past editions of the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, a project of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin in cooperation with interfilm Berlin. Enjoy!
 

Oedipus (poem by Nathan Filer)
Rong, 2005

The Art of Drowning (poem by Billy Collins)
Diego Maclean, 2009

Missed Aches (poem by Taylor Mali)
Joanna Priestley, 2009
https://vimeo.com/13830005

Der Conny ihr Pony (poem by Gabriel Vetter)
Robert Pohle and Martin Hentze, 2008

Financially strapped (poem by Katrin Bowen)
Katrin Bowen, 2008

Höpöhöpö Böks (poem by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl)
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, 2008

Dialog über Österreich (poem by Gerhard Rühm)
Hubert Sielecki, 2012

Giraffe (poem by Annelyse Gelman)
by Annelyse Gelman and Auden Lincoln-Vogel, 2013

On Loop (poem by Christine Hooper and Victoria Manifold)
Christine Hooper, 2013

Carnivore Reflux (poem by Eddie White)
Eddie White, 2006