2022 Monologues and Poetry Intl Film Fest - Saturday, Dec. 17 - Screening 1 - 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM (PST)

The Plot

Saturday, December 17th - SCREENING 1 - 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM (PST)​

The Weight of Illusions, Margo Stutts Toombs, Carolyn Dahl,  Directors: This video poem is based on "The Weight of Illusions" by Carolyn Dahl. SW/P:  Runtime 3:24

Mago, Hedi B. Asencio, Director: After suffering a tragic loss, a heartbroken magician begins to reflect on the pain and sorrow he feels every day. M/S: Runtime: 4:00

Unsaid, Ayodeji Otuyelu,  Director: It's a visual adaptation of poems from the book Words In My Head, which explore emotions surrounding gender, sexual orientation, blackness, and feminism through the eye of a gay director from a homophobic African country Nigeria. LVP: Runtime 17:51

To make things known, Maxime Coton, Director: This film paints a portrait of a steel factory soon to be demolished, eaten away by the absence of activity, out of sight. A cinematographic poem that takes the time to x-ray the places and the men who populated them, as a farewell. An elegy prolonging the past, creating a living matter that resists time and oblivion, in a space that is no longer quite real. SW/P: Runtime 7:00

Lear Alone Episode 3, Anthony Shrubsall, Director: A One-man version of Shakespeare's 'King Lear' shot in Lockdown London in partnership with the homeless charity Crisis. Episode 3, called 'Isolation', starts with Lear's rejection by his older daughters, Goneril and Regan, outside the National Theatre. Throughout this episode, Lear is afraid he is going mad. The episode ends with him sleeping rough in an underpass on a road out of London. LVP: Runtime 13:18

Questions regarding the deaths of two Covenater women at Wigtown in 1685, Sue Thomas, Director: Elizabeth Burns (1957 - 2015) was a Scottish poet of renown throughout the UK. This film of 'Questions Regarding' illustrates one of several poems she wrote about the Solway coast. This huge estuary that lies between England and Scotland is an area rich in history, especially about its womenfolk. The poem recalls and gives recognition to past times when ordinary women used their natural skills to help and heal others in their community and through ignorance and social prejudice suffered horribly as a result. Feared as witches they were often falsely tried and condemned to a horrific death. SW/P: Runtime 2:52

Frequency, Tracy Jenkins, Director: SW/P:  Runtime: 3:33

I Love Today's Sky, Kazuma Yano, Director: Do you remember yesterday’s sky? The sky always extends beyond your upward gaze. I love today’s sky where clouds scatter leisurely. The poet Shuntaro Tanikawa wrote a new poem entitled “I Love Today’s Sky”. Based on this poem describing a bright future, the Tearful Production Committee, which had produced the short films “The First Feeling in My Life” and “Obento”, created a third short film entirely on location in Ashiya, a city near Kobe. We presented visual images in an attempt to wrap our overflowing joyous hearts in a perfectly clear sky with the magic finesse of exquisite light. Thinking highly of the beautiful, natural effect of light, we filmed scenes with no artificial light. SW/P: Runtime 6:26

I Am A Film, Huw Wahl, Director: Shot on location in Low Four Studio (Manchester), poet Stephen Watts recites a new poem to Huw Wahl's camera. SW/P: Runtime 9:54

The Parking Lot of Dreams, Alexis Krasilovsky, Director: a short film written and directed by Alexis Krasilovsky. It incorporates poetry written during and about the pandemic, as well as photocollages created by the filmmaker from many solitary walks in a place without people. SW/P: Runtime: 7:30

The molluscs revenge, Andrea Casella, Director: To leave your own country, move elsewhere, and start over. Within a migrant’s dreams and nightmares, slowly questioning the very meaning of belonging, the journey lies as a non-place where the same sensations are repeated and renewed. In between memories, illusions, and unfulfilled expectations. And in this denotation returning 'home' to that house where we lived and that lived us reinforces this sense of (non) belonging; making us strangers, aliens, and intolerant guests. What was familiar and understandable to us becomes intolerable and obscure. SW/P: Runtime 4:12

Lonely in the Great, Nataliia Ponomarova, Director: The film explores the concept of loneliness through poetic words. It doesn't matter how high a person soars in his successes or in big cities where we seem to have many friends, fans, and acquaintances, but still feel lonely. LVP: Runtime 18:56

I Want It All And Nothing at All by Morganics, Morganics, Director: his clip mixes post-apocalyptic poetics with smooth sci-fi Hip Hop. Taken from Morganics' new EP, 'Rhythms and Poetry', it is a visual enhancer, a lyric video of spoken word over instrumental Hip Hop. The lyrics tell a tale of the ugliness of big-city living and remind us of why Yidinji land, the FNQ, is the place to be. The song is produced, written, performed, and mastered by Morganics. The clip is edited and graded by him as well. SW/P: Runtime 4:15

Author's Virtual Book Blast Fest! A Zoom Meetup! 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (PST)

Join us for the Author's Virtual Book Blast Fest. This is a wonderful opportunity for authors of poetry, prose, monologues, and memoir books to briefly share and shout out your book and book links. Depending on the number of participants, you will have anywhere from 2-5 minutes to share your book. Get those elevator pitches together and come join the fun. Make sure you have note paper and a pen handy to jot down the books of participants. It's all about supporting our community! This event takes place on zoom. By signing up for a minimum of one screening, you will receive email access to the Author's Virtual Book Blast Fest link via email.

• Age Rating Teen(13+ years old)
• Running time 01:47:32 mins
• Hosted By: Monologues and Poetry International Film Fest

The Experience For You

Saturday, December 17th - SCREENING 1 - 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM (PST)​

The Weight of Illusions, Margo Stutts Toombs, Carolyn Dahl,  Directors: This video poem is based on "The Weight of Illusions" by Carolyn Dahl. SW/P:  Runtime 3:24

Mago, Hedi B. Asencio, Director: After suffering a tragic loss, a heartbroken magician begins to reflect on the pain and sorrow he feels every day. M/S: Runtime: 4:00

Unsaid, Ayodeji Otuyelu,  Director: It's a visual adaptation of poems from the book Words In My Head, which explore emotions surrounding gender, sexual orientation, blackness, and feminism through the eye of a gay director from a homophobic African country Nigeria. LVP: Runtime 17:51

To make things known, Maxime Coton, Director: This film paints a portrait of a steel factory soon to be demolished, eaten away by the absence of activity, out of sight. A cinematographic poem that takes the time to x-ray the places and the men who populated them, as a farewell. An elegy prolonging the past, creating a living matter that resists time and oblivion, in a space that is no longer quite real. SW/P: Runtime 7:00

Lear Alone Episode 3, Anthony Shrubsall, Director: A One-man version of Shakespeare's 'King Lear' shot in Lockdown London in partnership with the homeless charity Crisis. Episode 3, called 'Isolation', starts with Lear's rejection by his older daughters, Goneril and Regan, outside the National Theatre. Throughout this episode, Lear is afraid he is going mad. The episode ends with him sleeping rough in an underpass on a road out of London. LVP: Runtime 13:18

Questions regarding the deaths of two Covenater women at Wigtown in 1685, Sue Thomas, Director: Elizabeth Burns (1957 - 2015) was a Scottish poet of renown throughout the UK. This film of 'Questions Regarding' illustrates one of several poems she wrote about the Solway coast. This huge estuary that lies between England and Scotland is an area rich in history, especially about its womenfolk. The poem recalls and gives recognition to past times when ordinary women used their natural skills to help and heal others in their community and through ignorance and social prejudice suffered horribly as a result. Feared as witches they were often falsely tried and condemned to a horrific death. SW/P: Runtime 2:52

Frequency, Tracy Jenkins, Director: SW/P:  Runtime: 3:33

I Love Today's Sky, Kazuma Yano, Director: Do you remember yesterday’s sky? The sky always extends beyond your upward gaze. I love today’s sky where clouds scatter leisurely. The poet Shuntaro Tanikawa wrote a new poem entitled “I Love Today’s Sky”. Based on this poem describing a bright future, the Tearful Production Committee, which had produced the short films “The First Feeling in My Life” and “Obento”, created a third short film entirely on location in Ashiya, a city near Kobe. We presented visual images in an attempt to wrap our overflowing joyous hearts in a perfectly clear sky with the magic finesse of exquisite light. Thinking highly of the beautiful, natural effect of light, we filmed scenes with no artificial light. SW/P: Runtime 6:26

I Am A Film, Huw Wahl, Director: Shot on location in Low Four Studio (Manchester), poet Stephen Watts recites a new poem to Huw Wahl's camera. SW/P: Runtime 9:54

The Parking Lot of Dreams, Alexis Krasilovsky, Director: a short film written and directed by Alexis Krasilovsky. It incorporates poetry written during and about the pandemic, as well as photocollages created by the filmmaker from many solitary walks in a place without people. SW/P: Runtime: 7:30

The molluscs revenge, Andrea Casella, Director: To leave your own country, move elsewhere, and start over. Within a migrant’s dreams and nightmares, slowly questioning the very meaning of belonging, the journey lies as a non-place where the same sensations are repeated and renewed. In between memories, illusions, and unfulfilled expectations. And in this denotation returning 'home' to that house where we lived and that lived us reinforces this sense of (non) belonging; making us strangers, aliens, and intolerant guests. What was familiar and understandable to us becomes intolerable and obscure. SW/P: Runtime 4:12

Lonely in the Great, Nataliia Ponomarova, Director: The film explores the concept of loneliness through poetic words. It doesn't matter how high a person soars in his successes or in big cities where we seem to have many friends, fans, and acquaintances, but still feel lonely. LVP: Runtime 18:56

I Want It All And Nothing at All by Morganics, Morganics, Director: his clip mixes post-apocalyptic poetics with smooth sci-fi Hip Hop. Taken from Morganics' new EP, 'Rhythms and Poetry', it is a visual enhancer, a lyric video of spoken word over instrumental Hip Hop. The lyrics tell a tale of the ugliness of big-city living and remind us of why Yidinji land, the FNQ, is the place to be. The song is produced, written, performed, and mastered by Morganics. The clip is edited and graded by him as well. SW/P: Runtime 4:15

Author's Virtual Book Blast Fest! A Zoom Meetup! 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (PST)

Join us for the Author's Virtual Book Blast Fest. This is a wonderful opportunity for authors of poetry, prose, monologues, and memoir books to briefly share and shout out your book and book links. Depending on the number of participants, you will have anywhere from 2-5 minutes to share your book. Get those elevator pitches together and come join the fun. Make sure you have note paper and a pen handy to jot down the books of participants. It's all about supporting our community! This event takes place on zoom. By signing up for a minimum of one screening, you will receive email access to the Author's Virtual Book Blast Fest link via email.

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