Festival Archive

2024 – THE POETICS OF CINEMA

FIRST PRIZE

The Bride Goes Wild
Poem by Amy Gerstler
Film by Janet Lees

SECOND PRIZE

Janet Leigh is Afraid of Jazz
Poem by Marsha de la O
Film by Matt Mullins

THIRD PRIZE

Blink Once
Poem by Karin Gottshall
Film by Anne Ciecko
At the Movies With My Mother
Poem by Joseph O. Legaspi
Film by Joe Johnston
The Bride Goes Wild
Poem by Amy Gerstler
Film by Karen M. Bryson
Romance
Poem by Cindy Hunter Morgan
Film by Pete Johnston
[Box of Light w/Early A-Bomb Test] or [Portrait of my Kaiju Birth as Directed by Ishirō Honda]
poem by Dennis Hinrichsen
film by blanche the vidiot
Movie Extras
poem by Greg Djanikian
film by Will Kuhns

2022 – HOME

Films based on selected pieces from the MSU Libraries Short Édition Press “Home” edition.

FIRST PRIZE

Grace
poem by Wally Swist
film by Kathryn Darnell

SECOND PRIZE

“post rush hour riff – I-495, Washington D.C.”
poem by Brian Gilmore
film by Mia Chinni

THIRD PRIZE

Mom Asks Me to Write Her a Poem About the Sky
poem by Christine Jones
film by Charles Olsen
america (i wanted to…)
poem and film by M. Mullins after Allen Ginsburg’s “America”
Heimlich (“Mir ist, als ob ich alles Licht verlöre”)
poem by Rainer Maria Rilke
film by Lisa Reutelsterz
Strike
poem by Cindy Hunter Morgan
film by Pete Johnston
Abandoned House in the Tatra Mountains
poem by Linda Nemec Foster
film by Lori Ersolmaz

2021 – VOICES AMIDST THE VIRUS

The 2021 Filmetry Festival was broadcast live on YouTube on April 21st. Over 80 viewers watched live, and the archived program has been viewed over 400 times. Based on poetry from the anthology Voices Amidst the Virus, the program included work from 33 filmmakers and poets. For the first time for the festival, 2 pieces created by student poets and filmmakers in English and Film classes were also chosen to be included. The work was deeply moving and cathartic through this impossibly difficult year.

2020 Vision
poem by Natalie Mannino
film by Maddie Katz
Neverland
poem by Loren Rascoe
film by Carlos Lundback

Anthology Selections

Potatoes, Their Various Moods
poem by Eileen Cleary
film by Aileen Dwyer
One Theory
poem by Hannah H. Larrabee
film by Olivia York
Pandemic Spring
poem by Frances Donovan
film by Tommy Ruth
Curfew
poem by Peleg Held
film by Nick Lyskawa
How to Make a No-Sew Coronavirus Face Mask From a Poem
poem by Wendy Drexler
film by Joe Johnston
six feet
poem by Danielle Legros Georges
film by Pete Johnston
Dear Johnny Cash
poem by Cindy Hunter Morgan
film by Pete Johnston
In This Way
poem by Kevin Prufer
film by Marcus Fields
In the Season of COVID
a poem by Christine Jones
a film by Sarah Kutchinski
Plague Anatomy
poem by Jon D. Lee
film by Norman Luo

2020 – RESPECT

The 2020 Filmetry Festival, despite being interrupted by the COVID pandemic, was a huge success. 11 filmmakers created a terrific set of films based around the anthology RESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit Music. As it became clear the in-person festival could not go ahead as planned, the organizers pivoted to a virtual premiere event, with nearly 200 viewers tuning in live. After the film premiere, a great group of filmmakers and poets gathered virtually for a Q&A session which was broadcast live on YouTube.

The Last DJ
poem by Glen Armstrong
film by Joe Johnston
Setting Up Soul
poem by Charles W Brice
film by Donté Smith
Memorial in Open Air
Film by Garrett Boudreaux
Poem by Robert Fanning
Patti Smith at the Punch and Judy Theater
Film by Matt Mullins
Poem by Jim Daniels
Detroit Hymns, Christmas Eve
Film by Marcus Fields
Poem by Jim Daniels
Incident on Grand River, 1967
Film by Peter Johnston
Poem by Cindy Hunter Morgan

2019

Filmmakers were paired with local poets to adapt new work.

ANATOMY OF AN ACTION AS LOST TEXT
Film by Nadav Pais-Greenapple
Poem by Dennis Hinrichsen
Just Dishes
Film by Dave Sheridan
Poem by Anita Skeen
Cosmic Memory 1 
Film by Peter Johnston
Poem by Cindy Hunter Morgan
zooxanthellae
Film by Olivia York
Poem by Eben Gering
for the quiet kids who have been told speak up
Film by Ilene Gould
Poem by Grace Carras
Himself 
Film by Marcus Fields
Poem by Thomas Lynch
Just Dishes
Film by Dave Sheridan
Poem by Anita Skeen
billy bathgate (for chico)
Film by Aileen Dwyer and Jacob Templin-Fulton
Poem by Brian Gilmore
haiku
film by Devin Durocher
poem by Michele Root-Bernstein