So I opened up submissions to Rabbit Heart last night,* and check it out – first thing in the morning, there was already a submission! From across the Atlantic, even! How cool is that??
I am deeply excited about the festival this year – I have a feeling that we’ll be seeing more international entries than last year, and I’m stoked to see what comes across my desk. I had no idea (no idea!) that poetry films (or videopoems, as I’m hearing them called more often) were such a big deal – apparently in Europe, they’re a really big deal, with 15 or 20 festivals going on through the year.** I jumped into this because I just got tired of not seeing people do anything with poetry aside from performance videos. Who knew?! Well, the Europeans, clearly.
All this to say, submissions are open for the Rabbit Heart 2015 Poetry Film Festival, and please feel free to send in your (non-performance, under 4 minutes) poetry film. ::MWAH!::
*It officially opened up today, but by 10:30, it was clear that there was no way I was going to make it ’til midnight last night. Omg, sleep.
**Aside from Rabbit Heart, I’ve only found one in the US, and their website is down, so I’m not sure if they’re around or not anymore. I really hope they’re still around.
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February 27, 2015 at 3:35 pm
mollyndamcarthur
Can’t wait to see the awesomeness that poets send you this year!
February 27, 2015 at 3:47 pm
appletellsall
Me too! ♥
February 28, 2015 at 10:48 pm
Dave Bonta
You guys are currently the only festival planned for North America this year of which I’m aware, assuming that Heather Haley sticks with her plan not to do Visible Verse any more. In recent years there were also Co-Kisser in Minnesota and The Body Electric in Colorado. I have a fairly complete list of major festivals here (though it excludes MANY smaller screenings held within larger poetry or film festivals): http://movingpoems.com/poetry-film-festivals/
March 1, 2015 at 10:09 am
appletellsall
WoW! Dave, thank you for the heads-up – I only had an inkling.