REELpoetry/HoustonTX 2023 is a two day international, curated, online poetry film/video festival taking place online FEBRUARY 25-26, 2023. In addition to juried open submissions, we also feature programs by invited guest curators & presenters, ASL poetry and performances, craft triads, networking, panels and more.

Schedule of Events

February 25, 2023

9:30-10:15pm: REELcafe - Audience, filmmakers and poets can drop in to chat & network online in real time

10:30-11:15am: Juried Screenings (1 of 4) Selected from Open Submissions

11:30-12:45pm: There And Not There - Curator: Laura Bianco - Italy
Lives lived in parallel, overlapped or entangled in possibilities, in repetition, in fragments, in memories, in certain places, in between. Weaving and unravelling the threads of life

12:00-12:50pm: Voices - Poetry film-makers Helen Dewbery [England] and Colm Scully [Ireland], and poet-curator Eleanor Livingstone [Scotland] present 3 short poetry films to illustrate their craft talk exploring topics including memory, politics, layers and voices.

Break

2:30-3:15pm: Expressions Presenters: Sabina England, Aarron Loggins Deaf culture conveyed in music, performance and poetry.

3:30-4:15pm: Québec Has Many Tongues Curators: Jonathan Lamy, Rachel McCrum - Canada
A showcase of poems, films, animations, languages, and landscapes of Québec, in French, English, Wendat, Romanian, Croatian, Galician (captioned in English), and sound poetry.

4:30-5:15pm: Ink Stained Fingertips Presenter: Crom Saunders ASL translations of written/spoken classic and contemporary poetry.

Break

7:30-8:20pm: Juried Screenings (2 of 4) Selected from Open Submissions

8:30-9:15pm: ASL Open Mic All Deaf open mic hosted by Sabina England

8:30-9:15pm: REELcafe Audience, filmmakers and poets can drop in to chat & network online in real time

February 26, 2023

11:30-12:15pm: REELcafe Audience, filmmakers and poets can drop in to chat & network online in real time

12:30-1:15pm: Juried Screenings (3 of 4) Selected from Open Submissions

1:30- 2:15pm: 21 st Century ASL hosted by Crom Saunders (deaf) with Peter Cook (deaf), Sabina England (deaf), Douglas Ridloff (deaf) How has Deaf Poetry evolved in the 21st century and what will it look like in the future? Interpreted in English.

2:30 -3:15pm: Juried Screenings (4 of 4) Selected from Open Submissions

3:30-4:15pm: Evoke Curator: Estefanía Díaz - Mexico A program of Latin and Mexican films and videos, capturing poetry in moving images that cross the borders of reality into memories and dreamlike spaces.

4:30-5:15pm: Changing the world one poem at a time Curators: Pamela Falkenberg, Jack Cockran - Austin, Texas Activist videopoems in all their myriad guises, running the gamut from issue oriented work to deconstructive critique of form, content, and the blind spots of language

Break

6:30-7:15pm: Ecopoetry Films & Subjectivity: Behind the Making Process Films by Ian Gibbins, Mary McDonald and Sarah Tremlett about the devastating effects of climate change and discuss each other's work and their varying approaches in relation to the theme of ecopoetry and subjectivity.

8:30- 9:15 Awards Judges' and Audience's choice for cash awards plus screening the work of winners and honorable mentions

9:15-10:00 REELcafe Audience, filmmakers and poets can drop in to chat & network online in real time

Date: February 25-26, 2023

Location: Online

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