Filmed poems – is that a thing? Yes, indeed! Poetry films from the filmic-literary subculture are gaining popularity worldwide. The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival in Berlin is one of their most important forums. However, in the cultural sections of newspapers, there is disagreement among those who protect the high cultural asset of poetry about what to make of it, while innovative teachers see an opportunity to bring poetry closer to their multimedia-savvy students today. How does one even film poems? How can linguistic artworks that lack a plot, showcase subjective emotional worlds, and even rhyme be adapted for film? The phenomenon of poetry film has largely been ignored in research, with neither literary nor media studies feeling responsible for this interdisciplinary subject. Simin Nina Littschwager is now filling this gap by...