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December 9, 2005
Anatomy of a Zebra
The Zebra International Poetry Film Festival (2002, 2004) [2] was a project of Thomas Wohlfahrt and the literaturWERKstatt Berlin. Arising in East Berlin, literaturWERKstatt has also sent a trainload of international poets across Russia on the TransSiberian Railroad.
"More than a hundred video and film submissions were expected, but more than 600 came in. Out of these, the pre-selection committee chose 400 to be projected, and from these only 33 for the competition itself. To lend some structure to the 400 contributions, 14 categories were created: Short for Kids; Illusions and Dreams; Love and Other Catastrophies; Slam Poetry; The Horror; City Tumult; Animation; Short Short; Trashy; Transformations; Local Heroes; and three special national series focussing on Canada, the United Kingdom and the USA. Altogether, this was a big spectrum of themes, and suggested even bigger rewards for the audience."
[english] Since 1991 the literaturWERKstatt berlin enriches the literary life in Berlin with series of events focussing on current international developments in the field of literature: foreign literature festivals, literary series, colloquia, and international festivals such as the Literatur Express Europa 2000 or "Weltklang - Nacht der Poesie". [3]
[1] Image from Nick Toczek, Anatomy of a Zebra. Poetry Magazine (Poetry on the South Bank), October 1976. http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=6306
[2] The Zebra-Awards site (zebra-awards.com is now defunct. (December 2005)
[3] Ulrike Jung, Zebra - Poetryfilm Awards in Berlin held 2 - 5 July 2002 (Review), e[poets net. http://www.e-poets.net/PlainText/page02-002.shtml
[4] literaturwerkstatt, http://www.literaturwerkstatt.org/
[5] Vancouver Videopoem Festival, http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/videopoem_festival.htm
Posted by sjc at December 9, 2005 8:45 AM
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