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April 8, 2026, 18:00 | Factory im Künstlerhaus I  
Irish Poetry Films presented by Ó Bhéal 

Special guests: 
The poets, film makers and curators Paul Casey
and Colm Scully  from Cork, Ireland
 

English language program || free entry! 

The 8th of November 2010 saw Ó Bhéal’s first poetry-film evening, highlighting some of the world’s best poetry-films. Our third poetry-film night on the 12^th of November 2012 featured thirty excellent films from Ireland and around the world, as part of the Corona Cork Film Festival programme. 

Since 2013, Ó Bhéal has curated the annual Ó Bhéal International Poetry-film competition, screening the shortlist of thirty films and awarding one winner the Ó Bhéal prize for best poetry-film. Shortlisted poetry-films since 2012 are also shown at the beginning of Ó Bhéal’s regular poetry events. Poetry-film programmes curated by Ó Bhéal have also appeared at many film festivals worldwide, including Cyclops Poetry-Film Festival in Kiev, Visible Verse in Canada, Cadence: Video Poetry Festival in Seattle, The Belfast Film Festival, IndieCork Film Festival and the Clare Island Film Festival, among others.