* – Accessible to Deaf and Hard of Hearing
FRIDAY – February 25th
6:30-8:00 PM CST (GMT -7) : ONLINE ONLY
Deaf Poetry
Willy Conley 5 videos
[2:07] Introduction to Willy Conley‘s creative process on deaf poetry*
[2:21] A Visual Meditation on Natural Gestures *
[1:05] A Deaf Baptism*
[0:46] Hawk Haiku *
[2:33] VGC Storytelling*
[3:41] Working Translation, performed by Carrie Suggs*
[2:00] Meridith Gray’s Studio Painting Process*
Sabina England
[1:21] Sabina England’s Poetry Dance Studio Session*
[3:03] Abode of Felicity*
[2:11] Moon Sufi Poem*
[1:39] The Lotus of Bodhi*
[1:33] Happiness: A Poem for You*
–[5:00] BREAK–
[25:00] Panel Discussion with Willy Conley, Sabina England, Meridith Gray, hosted by Fran Sanders
7:00-9:00 PM CST (GMT -7) : LIVE EVENT
Right About Now – REELpoetry Showcase
[5:00] Houston I Hold – Filmmaker Marcelese Cooper + Poet Kinza Muzahir
[5:00] Narrow slender up the bluebonnet way – Filmmaker Brenda Cruz-Wolf + Poet Đức Quang Võ
[5:00] Here, We Move – Filmmaker Ivan Olivia + Poet Zarlasht Niaz
[5:00] Untitled – Filmmaker Fred Schmidt-Arenales + Poet Gabriella Iacono
[5:00] Cancer: Born 21 July 2019, Midnight, Houston – Filmmaker Krista Steinke + Poet Nick Rattner
SATURDAY – February 26th
12:00-12:50 PM CST (GMT-6)
REELcafe – Networking and Open Mic
1:00-2:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
stravaig – Curated by Steve Smart
[00:44] stravaig: Steve Smart
[11:53] The Life-breath Songs: Kathleen Jamie, Alastair Cook and the people of Scotland
[01:22] The Mirror: Jonny Randall & Em Strang
[04:20] a tree speaks: Steve Smart
–[5:00] BREAK–
[10:34] The animal that therefore I am: Bea de Visser
[01:33] Lie on a field on your back: Jesse Adlam and Greta Stoddart
[04:28] Meristem: Alisha Anderson
[02:24] The Wave: Janet Lees & Lucia Sellars
2:00-3:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
JUDGES’ SELECTION: Category 1
[1.07] Anna’s Haiku: Kathryn Darnell*
[2:10] Light Throwing Light on Nothing but Itself: Luke Morgan
[1:08] Concrete: Claire Rosslyn Wilson*
[4:40] Pattern Noster: Yves Bobbie Bommenel*
[1:48] The Cherry Tree: Suzie Hanna, poem by Vicki Feaver
[4:00] Ghosts: Kyra Clegg*
[1:36] Lairs: Emma Penaz Eisner
[3:40] These Days: Ian Gibbins*
–[5:00] BREAK–
[3:27] The Ballad of Diamond Bessie: Kelly Ann Ellis
[1:04] You Are Who You Say You Are: Jeanine Rogers
[2:58] Utility Pole: Mary McDonald & Fiona Tinwei Lam
[2:45] I Love You: Endre Farkas*
[3:30] Price: Jim Hall
[3:24] The Weight of Illusions: Margot Stutts Toombs*
[1:33] Flight: Vanessa Zimmer-Powell*
[2:56] Waxing Gibbous 97% Illuminated: Mitchell Collins & Yolanda Movsessian
[7:00] See Me: A Walk Through London’s Gay Soho: Lee Campbell
3:00-4:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
moment by moment: portraits of attention
Curated by giovanni singleton
[1:05] A Little More Red Sun on the Human: Gillian Conoley
[2:44] In the Winter the Newts: Denise Newman
[0:49] Morning Ritual: Domenic Stansberry
[3:55] Day and Night: Ronaldo V. Wilson
[1:48] Supermarche: Lee Ann Brown
[1:23] The Time of Letter Keeping: Devereux Fortuna
Language has been a surrogate sensorium that gives more refined access points to features of
reality than do my senses. Painting, I am visually anticipating the effects of language in my eyes’
desire for, and failure to perform, temporo-syntactical maintenance.
Laying paint thinner over ruled lines, post-words’ hilly drifts magnetize prolonged looking. I end
up wanting to see what I only have when I read: in the habit of attending language without
comprehending, in a readerly rhythm that I want to feel.
[3:04] Backtalk Blues: Regarding a Gentle Giant Eye (or the work of Virgie Ezelle Patton): Julie Ezelle Patton
[0:46] Poisson Rouge: Lee Ann Brown
[6:19] cracked: the dirt in it: giovanni singleton
excerpts from This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020): Nick Flynn
[1:00] ASTEROID: Nick Flynn
[0:59] SWIFTS: Nick Flynn
[1:00] ANNIHILATION: Nick Flynn
[4:16] Home: Brittny Ray Crowell
4:00-5:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
distURBANce – Curated by Ian Gibbins
[0:51] 42nds: Ian Gibbins
[5:37] Human Condition: Rich Ferguson & Mark Wilkinson
[5:00] On Loop: poet: Christine Hooper & Victoria Manifold
[3:00] We Are the Device: Mark Niehus
[4:08] Bayside Reporter: Ian Gibbins
–[5:00] BREAK–
[5:41] Selfie with Marilyn: Heidi Seaborn & Sarah Tremlett
[3:19] Profile: R.W. Perkins
[3:54] Red Watch: Kyla Kennedy & David Kennedy
[7:41] Heist: Ian Gibbins
6:30-7:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
JUDGES’ SELECTION: Category 1 continued
[2:50] Dark Myriad 7: Eta Dahlia
[1:35] Runwunsch: Jim Hall*
[1:28] Arctic Flight: Endre Farkas*
[2:40] Stitch: Caroline Rumley
[2:00] Legacy: Pamela Falkenberg and Fiona Tinwei Lam
[3:54] Colony Collapse: Ian Gibbins*
[1:19] Beat Heart: Margot Stutts Toombs*
[2:22] The Real Thing: Janet Lees*
[1:00] If Any: Adam E Stone
–[5:00] BREAK–
JUDGES’ SELECTION: Category 3
[2:11] Double-Handed Backhand: Alfio Leotta
[2:16] Pollinating waves: University of Houston students*
[1.30] What you Can’t Take With You: Shirley Camia
[4:58] Dulce et Decorum Est: Walter Haussner
[2:35] Palette of Love: Olga Zhmievskaya*
[1:30] I am Soil Breaking Off: Paloma Sierra*
[4:17] Hop Along Hang On: Cobra Collins
[1:51] Steps: Alison Glennie
[4:02] Masterpiece Rivals: William Carpenter
[1:20] Every Word I say to You: Paloma Sierra*
[3:52] One Old, One Young: Jeffrey N Johnson
7:30-8:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
Hélène Matte, Curator
[1:47] My Pen (Mon crayon): Hélène Matte & children*
[4:08] Sailors at sea 2020: Hélène Matte, poems by P. Zumthor and Adèle Grant (10 years old)*
[8:04] Babel: Hélène Matte , poem by Paul Zumthor*
[6:40] Youth Garden (Jardin de jeunesse): Hélène Matte, poems by P. Zumthor and a children’s collective*
–[5:00] BREAK–
[4:04] Love: Hélène Matte, Nuria Menchaca*
[3:20] Fou!: Hélène Matte, Nuria Menchaca*
[0:27] Bla-bla: Hélène Matte, Olivier Breton*
[2:04] The Black Sheep: Hélène Matte, Olivier Breton*
[7:00] In the Meadow: Hélène Matte, Marion Collé, Marco Dubé*
[4:00] The Lamb: Hélène Matte, Marion Collé, Marco Dubé*
[-:–] The Shepperd’s daughter: Hélène Matte, Alexandre Fatta*
[2:16] Fragiles Vehicles: Hélène Matte, Alexandre Fatta*
[5:00] Houston I Hold – Filmmaker Marcelese Cooper + Poet Kinza Muzahir
[5:00] Narrow slender up the bluebonnet way – Filmmaker Brenda Cruz-Wolf + Poet Đức Quang Võ
[5:00] Here, We Move – Filmmaker Ivan Olivia + Poet Zarlasht Niaz
[5:00] Untitled – Filmmaker Fred Schmidt-Arenales + Poet Gabriella Iacono
[5:00] Cancer: Born 21 July 2019, Midnight, Houston – Filmmaker Krista Steinke + Poet Nick Rattner
SUNDAY – February 27th
12:00-12:50 PM CST (GMT-6)
REELcafe – Networking and Open Mic
1:00-2:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
Colm Scully, Curator
[9:24] The Lammas Hireling: Paul Casey, Ian Duhig
[3:27] The One about the Bird: Melissa Diem
[2:25] Innisfree: Don Carey, W.B. Yeats
[2:10] Light throwing light on nothing but itself: Luke Morgan, Michael Martin
–[5:00] BREAK–
[2:30] Mrs Xavier: Stan Notte
[2:10] Virginia gave me Roses: Fiona Aryan, Lani O’Hanlon
[1:10] A Man is only as good: Pat Boran*
[2:10] Yesterday’s Wardrobe: Colm Scully*
[2:42] At the mid hour of night: Colm Scully, Thomas Moore*
[4:31] Lón: Ciaràn MacArtain, Michelle Delea*
2:00-3:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
JUDGES’ SELECTION: Category 3
[1:12] The Possible Poem: Desiree Jung*
[9:04] The Animal: Nora 6592
[4:45] The Combine: Bill Ratner, Micah Chambers Goldberg
[10:00]The Most Charming Creatures: Catherine Heard
–[5:00] BREAK–
[4:58] The Endless Wasteland: Samuel Mitchell*
[6:24] Winter Sleep: Chad Galloway
[16:24] I Sheep: Teresa Murjas, James Rattee, Jack Thacker
3:00-4:00 PM CST (GMT -7)
VIP Green Room Reception
3:00-4:30 PM CST (GMT -7)
Deaf Poetry
Sabina England
[1:00] Introduction to Sabina England‘s creative process on deaf poetry*
[1:21] Moon + Sufi Poetry Dance Studio Session*
[2:11] Moon Sufi Poem*
[3:03] Abode of Felicity*
[1:37] Flowers in My Hair*
Willy Conley 5 videos
[1:00] Introduction to Willy Conley‘s creative process on deaf poetry*
[2:21] A Visual Meditation on Natural Gestures *
[1:05] A Deaf Baptism*
[0:46] Hawk Haiku *
[2:33] VGC Storytelling*
[3:41] The Universal Drum, performed by Carrie Suggs*
–[5:00] BREAK–
[25:00] Panel Discussion with Willy Conley, Sabina England, Meridith Gray, hosted by Fran Sanders
4:00-5:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
FILM & PANEL DISCUSSION
[16:22] Love Letters In Light: Natalija Vekic, Christian Bruno
[30:00] Panel Discussion with Helen Dewbery [UK], Leila Hamidi [LA], Amir Safi [Houston], Yesika Salgado [LA], Fran Sanders [Houston], and Sarah Tremlett [UK].
6:30-7:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
DEAF OPEN MIC – Hosted by Sabina England*
Interpreted in English*
7:30-8:30 PM CST (GMT-6)
Write About Now – Curated by Amir Safi
8:30-9:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
JUDGES‘ AWARDS and AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
[20:00] Announcing awards and rescreening award winning films and videos
9:00-10:00 PM CST (GMT-6)
REELcafe – Networking and Open Mic
Colm Scully is from Cork, Ireland. He is an engineer and poetry film maker, as well as poet. He has been published in Cyphers, Crannóg, Philosophy Now and many other magazines and anthologies His poetry films have been shown in festivals around the world, including The Film and Video Poetry Symposium Pasadena, The International Film and Video Poetry Festival Athens, REEL Poetry Houston, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, Dublin International Short Film Festival and Cork Indie Film Festival. His films have won prizes at Rabbits Heart Poetry Film Festival 2018 and MicroMania Film Festival, New York 2021 You can watch them at 
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