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Nature and Culture: International Poetry Film Festival
Welcome to Nature and Culture: International Poetry Film Festival, held at the Calgary Central Library on Wednesday, November 5th, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
This year’s festival features 31 films from 16 different countries, exploring how poetry, image, and sound can help us feel our place within the living world. Together, we move through four microfestivals: Roots & Understories, Urban Entanglements & Dignity, Language, Memory & Borders, and Poetry of Time & Earth , each offering a unique way of seeing and sensing the relationship between humans, culture, and nature. The microfestivals are made up of poetry films, short films, experimental films, animations and documentaries. Each microfestival is proceeded by a live poet performance. The festival is produced by Poetic Phonothèque and is in partnership with the Calgary public library. Nature and Culture has been running in Copenhagen, Denmark since 2025. This year marks the festival’s first expansion beyond Denmark, with screenings in both Calgary, Canada and Malmö, Sweden.
This festival invites something quieter, slower, and more radical, a turning toward the poetic and the subtle. We are not only here to watch moving images, but to be moved by them: to listen, to feel, and to be changed.
Featuring Poets:
- Rosemary Griebel, An Alberta poet and librarian whose award-winning work celebrates the language of the land and the stories rooted in community. Her collection Yes was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert, Pat Lowther, and Stephan G. Stephansson awards.
- Adrienne Adams, A poet, artist, and curator whose performances explore feminism, community, and creativity. Founder of Woolf’s Voices, she has been widely published and featured in numerous festivals and anthologies.
- Shone Thistle, Calgary Poet Laureate (2024–2026), author, and multidisciplinary artist whose work spans radio, performance, and sound art. Thistle is known for blending poetry, music, and collaboration.
- Lisarose Berreth-Feragen, A Calgary-based poet whose reflective writing explores emotion, mindfulness, and the natural world. She has performed at Single Onion, CBC, and Woolf’s Voices.
Register at Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-and-culture-a-poetic-showcase-tickets-1874662629389