POETRYFILM
REELpoetry International Poetry Film Festival
Houston, TX 2024
"In the Summer of 2020, We Picked Berries" (Award-Nominated + Official Selection)
Poetryfilm reflecting on the politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic and historic protests in U.S. urban centers in 2020. There was a stark contrast between life in the cities and life in rural America during this time. But that was only on the surface.
FOTOGENIA Film Poetry & Divergent Narratives Festival
Mexico City 2023
"A New History/Una Nueva Historia" (Finalist + Official Selection)
Curated by Frame to Frames II. An ekphrastic poetryfilm inspired by Ana Segovia’s painting Huapengo Torero, “A New History” celebrating the act of crossing over into a new way of life— one that challenges stereotypical conceptions of gender, animal-human relationships, and desire.
Midwest Video Poetry Fest
Madison, WI 2023
"The Middle of Nowhere" (Honorable Mention)
This poetryfilm is a meditation on what it means to live in the rural Midwest— the phrase itself is a misnomer.
Det Poetiske Fonoteque: Nature & Culture Poetry Film Festival
Copenhagen 2022
"Postcard: Greetings from Lake Superior" (Official Selection)
A poetryfilm exploring ecological crisis in the Great Lakes region: mercury poisoning, PFAS (forever chemicals), and toxic stamp sands from mining waste.
FENCE Journal
Online Feature, 2021
"A Rusted Birdcage in an Otherwise Empty Field"
A poetryfilm addressing the shadow self.
An essay about the videopoem form's history + future.
Ó Bhéal Poetry Film Competition
Cork, Ireland 2018
"How it Starts" (Official Selection)
(Also screened @ POETRY FILM LIVE w/ accompanying Poetics Essay)
A poetryfilm addressing violence, internet culture, and history.
A flash-essay on my early videopoem-making process.
Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival
Worcester, MA 2015
"The Almost-Prayer" (Honorable Mention)
(Also online feature @ Atticus Review)
A poetryfilm addressing language, history, Chronic Wasting Disease in UP deer populations, my Mexican ancestors, climate change.
