A program committee will select films for the International Competition and for all other festival programs. The winning films will be chosen by a jury composed of representatives from the worlds of poetry, film, and media.

Open Call for for film adaptations of the festival poem

In addition to the international competition and the ZEBRINO competition, we also invite submissions based on this year’s festival poem, THE HAIRCUT by poet Georg Leß. The poem can be found in text, in audio recordings, and in translation at lyrikline.org. This poem is only to be used and filmed as part of this call for submissions.

This special prize (which will not provide prize money) will be awarded in addition to the main prizes. We will invite the three best film adaptations’ directors to Berlin, where they will be able to present their films and speak with the poet. Travel and accommodation in Berlin for the three selected directors will be paid for by the Festival.

The 2022 Festival Poem is THE HAIRCUT, by the poet Georg Leß. The poem in text, recording, and in translation is provided by lyrikline.org, the expansive online poetry archive.

The 13th ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival runs from 3rd to 6th of November 2022 in the Kino in der KulturBrauerei and in the Haus für Poesie. It is the largest international platform for poetry film worldwide. Since 2002 it offers poets, film and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With a competition, film programmes, poetry readings, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops, colloquia, lectures and a children’s programme, it presents in various sections the diversity of the genre of poetry film.