Movies: Based on song poem or rhyme

Whispered to by an ancient tree, a young shepherd dreams of more than his simple existence among grass and sheep. The journey he embarks on brings him into contact with golden birds, a dragon and a fair damsel....

The historical musical made in the Inca citadel in 1981 with texts by Pablo Neruda and music of The Jaivas. Special Guest: Mario Vargas Llosa in the presentation....

The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with simply offering a fancifully illustrated late epi...

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Based on the epic "Phra Aphai Mani" written by Sunthon Phu, สุดสาคร –Thailand's first cell animation– tells the heroic adventure of Sudsakorn, the son of a minstrel prince and a beautiful mermaid. During his many encounters he fights animals, ghosts ...

A king hides an embarrassing secret - and it causes him to execute every barber who cuts his hair....

A free composition on the poem by Lambros Porfyras....

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Filmed on 16mm film, this visual expression is rooted in its archival materials and backed up by the poem by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. It speaks of the forgotten people, their lives and their deeds. These two Archives have been found on the flea mark...

A tragedy strikes the family of widow Svetlana and her two sons, Jan and Maxmilián. The villagers believe that the hated nobles surrounded by myths and superstitions - Madam and Sir De Blois - are responsible for it....

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Hand-drawn animation in ink and pencil-crayon of the poem Jupiter by Diana Syder...

Short film by Harry Kümel based upon a poem by Jean Cocteau....

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Penny’s poem, Supergirl, where she shows the many ways she wants to be super. The contrasty nature of her words was an amazing starting point for this short animation...

Based on Lokomotywa, a poem by Julian Tuwim. Made with the use of classical cartoon animation and combined photographs....

A story about a girl during the war who could not have been a child, but she is hiding from bombs in a ruined house, who never got to know her culture and all the beauty of the world. Where her soul and body early takes away death in the war....

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Colourful puppets illustrate the old French song about Cadet Rousselle, who falls down a ladder, who trips on battlements, and whose dogs will not obey him. The animated figures carry our hero through his predicaments with colour and verve....