The Poetic Phonotheque is “a global archive preserving and sharing contemporary poetry through voice, film, and print,” based in Copenhagen, with several international partners, including Kultivera in Sweden, Write4Word in Wales, and ArsPoetica.US in the United States, where The Poetic Phonotheque is registered as a nonprofit organization. Their online archive of poetry films is turning into a valuable resource, growing each year with the winners in the poetry-film category from their annual Nature & Culture International Film Festival (which had flirted with a name-change to Resonans, which is how we previously listed it).

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. […]

We invite you to submit your films on this important subject of environmental consciousness communicated through a poetic language, whether they’re animation, short film, poetry film, experimental, or documentaries. A focus on the NATURE & CULTURE (humanity’s connection with our environment) is encouraged.

Poetry films are invited to remain as part of the permanent video collection of the Poetic Phonotheque on our website and YouTube channel (ONLY FOR THE POETRY FILM CATEGORY). We encourage BIPOC and LGBTQ+ creators to submit their work.

Visit Film Freeway for the terms and conditions. The early deadline is May 31, and procrastinators may submit until July 15.

Thanks to MP reader Adam Stone for the reminder to post this call. See our page of film festival links for other events we might be forgetting to promote.