The Poetics of Poetry Film

by Sarah Tremlett feat. Marie Craven, Ian Gibbins, Tom Konyves, Valerie LeBlanc, Matt Mullins, Charles Olsen, Helmie Stil

“A ground-breaking, encyclopaedic work and industry Bible, comprising nearly 400 pages, with multiple contributors…it explores the history and different types of poetry film, a must for students, researchers, poets, filmmakers, across the fields of media, filmmaking, literary and cultural studies, art and philosophy and sheds light on the fast-growing genre.”

Available in the UK and Europe through Intellect Books, and in the US and South America through The University of Chicago Press, USA.

About the Artist

Sarah Tremlett is a prizewinning, British poetry filmmaker, poet, artist and theorist. She is author of ‘the groundbreaking industry bible The Poetics of Poetry Film, (Intellect, 2021) available in over 650 academic libraries alone, worldwide. She is editor of Liberated Words and founded the Frame to Frames : Your Eyes Follow ekphrastic poetry film prize and bilingual poetry + films anthology. Sarah is also the author of Horse-Woman, (Basic Bruegel, 2025) a poetic ‘otherkin’ traumatic but healing memoir, that includes her early paintings, created whilst working as a fashion model and living in 1970s London bedsit land.

Next Up

Cadence Casual [online]

Virtual
April 19, 2026
9:30 am

proof that we were here

Northwest Film Forum
April 19, 2026
4 pm

an imperceptible mark

Northwest Film Forum
April 19, 2026
6:30 pm