The Poetic Phonotheque is pleased to announce Nature & Culture 2026: International Poetry Film Festival, taking place this November in Copenhagen, Denmark; Malmö, Sweden; Calgary, Canada; and Helsinki, Finland. Please scroll down for the digital version of the festival.
Nature and Culture brings together poetry films, animation, short and experimental films, and documentaries from filmmakers around the world. Throughout October, an online digital festival will feature 100 films, followed by live events in each of the three host cities in November. Each live festival will present a curated selection of 30 films alongside poetry readings, filmmaker talks, workshops, and opportunities for conversation and connection.
DATES:
OCTOBER 10 – HELSINKI, Finland
NOVEMBER 1 – MALMÖ, Sweden
NOVEMBER 14 – CALGARY, Canada
NOVEMBER 29 – COPENHAGEN, Denmark
The festival brings together filmmakers, poets, artists, organizations, and communities to explore the relationship between nature and culture through film. The festival creates opportunities for international collaboration while building connections between local communities across borders.
Worldthreading in spirit, the festival uses community organizing and imagination to create global connections, and a place to listen to important stories from around the world, projected through the lens of poetry.
Nature and Culture 2026 is brought to you by the Poetic Phonotheque, Red Door Magazine, The Confluence, and the Writers Guild of Alberta.
DIGITAL FESTIVAL:
Welcome to the digital edition of NATURE & CULTURE 2026: International Poetry Film Festival. This year’s digital festival features 105 films from 40 countries, exploring the relationship between nature and culture through poetry film, animation, documentaries, experimental films, and shorts.
When discussing the festival, we are often asked: What is a poetry film? It is an excellent question. We ask it all the time, and we have much more than one answer. How we listen to people, places, and things changes what they become to us. Poetry film can emerge where language, image, sound, landscape, and time meet. Each filmmaker approaches that meeting differently.
A suggested exercise: What is poetry? What is film? What is poetry film? Write your answers on a piece of paper. Turn them into a poem. Then watch a film and answer the questions again. Write another poem. Repeat.
The festival is an invitation to wander, watch, and listen. Choose a category, follow what catches your attention, and discover voices and perspectives from around the world.
Look closely. Listen deeply. Welcome to Nature & Culture 2026.
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COMING UP ON APRIL 24, 2025:
Worldthreading: A Nomadic Poetry Film Festival
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Location: Huset Biograf, Rådhusstræde 13, 2. TH, 1466 København K
Entrance fee: 50kr (all funds collected will go to the venue).
Reserve your seat here:
https://billetto.dk/e/worldthreading-a-nomadic-poetry-film-festival-billetter-1266618
Join us at Huset Biograf for an extraordinary celebration of poetry and film! Celebrating the 5th anniversary of The Poetic Phonotheque, we’re excited to present Worldthreading, an international festival showcasing a selection of poetry films from around the world.
What to Expect:
• Live Poetry Readings: Experience the powerful expressions from renowned poets.
• Exclusive Film Screenings: Dive into unique poetry films.
• Director Talks & Filmmaker Q&A: Gain insights into the creative processes behind crafting poetry films.
• Community and Collaboration: Brought to you in collaboration with Red Door Magazine, and The Nature & Culture International Film Festival.
Admission: 50kr (Proceeds support the independent spirit of Husets Biograf, ensuring it remains accessible to all.)
Join us for an afternoon of artistic exploration and communal unity! Let’s celebrate the impact of poetry and film together. Mark your calendar and bring a friend!
Learn more at:
www.reddoor.dk
15 – 16: Welcome, book signing, poetry performances.
16 – 20 Live screening
FEATURING the following films:
Frelsisþrá – Elsa G. Björnsdóttir – Iceland (Poetry Film)
Shunt – Collette Raner – Netherlands (Animation)
Aviary – Mary Russell – US (Poetry Film)
Rewriting a Memory – Anna Persson – Sweden (Poetry Film)
Heraclitus Creole – Luis Montero – Spain (Short Film)
The Wind – Karina Musabasheva – Bulgaria (Poetry Film)
Brain – Giorgis Fotopoulos, Yama Kowa – Greece (Experimental)
A Diminishing Blue – Jakob Jakubowski – Austria (Experimental)
We weep to the sound of supernovas – Sara Mychkine – France/Tunisia (Poetry Film)
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I Dream My Dream – Monique van Kerkhof, Bo Oudendijk – Netherlands (Poetry Film)
The Sinking – Malo de La Tullae, Christophe Mc Pherson – France (Short Film)
Lettre à ma fille – Michael Maurissens – Benin (Short film)
Inside the Big Brain of Head Teacher Irina Von Martens Successor of grass – Mikaela Hasán – Finland (Poetry Film)
Successor of grass – Mériol Lehmann – Canada (Poetry Film)
Aldbrough – Gail Smith – Australia (Short Film)
I am not sure – Charlotte Triebus – Germany (Poetry Film)
The Pharmacy Museum – Andy Young, Simsim Hegazzi – United States (Poetry Film)
Sphere Supreme: Flying Ability – Hasan Pastaci – Belgium (Poetry Film)
The Flow of Shadows – Hing Tsang – UK (Experimental)
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Thronebosis – Marco Espirito Santo – Portugal (Poetry Film)
Refugee Poetry – Dave Lojek – Austria (Poetry Film)
Lost Stream – Quinn Kelly, Fiona Tinwei Lam – Canada (Poetry Film)
Darkness – Suzie Hanna – UK (Poetry Film)
Kulde (Coldness) – Alfred Rubin – Denmark (Poetry Film)
Pretty Little – Wendy Oberlander – Canada (Poetry Film)
Naval Ode – Fu Le – Portugal (Poetry Film)
First Encounter – Marielle Madly Gonier – Australia (Poetry Film)
For more information or press inquiries, please email us at poetiskefonotek@gmail.com
The Poetic Phonotheque collaborates with various organizations in Scandinavia to promote contemporary multimedia poetry from all over the world as a way to bring together our communities.
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