Category: Awards - JANE GLENNIE

Ó Bhéal’s 7th International Poetry-Film competition

15/10/2019

The shortlist of 31 films featured below were screened on 13th October in Cork as part of IndieCork. The 2019 judges, poet Stanley Notte and poet-filmmaker Colm Scully, selected one winner to receive the IndieCork award for best poetry-film. Congratulations to winner Fiona Aryan from Ireland for her piece: Virginia Gave Me Roses.

http://www.obheal.ie/blog/poetry-film-shortlist-2019/

Thank you to all the organiser and judges for the event and for screening 'letter - to anyone who is listening' as part of the shortlist of 31 films from 198 submissions.

Poetry Film Live and the Ó Bhéal Poetry Film Competitions

19/9/2019

Announcements! 'letter - to anyone who is listening' (poet Doyali Islam) has been shortlisted for the Poetry Film Live competition at Big Poetry Weekend in Swindon happening on 4th October and for the O'Bheal competition at IndieCork film festival in Ireland on 13th October.

Doyali Islam will be on tour hopefully in the UK in November. I hope to post some dates when confirmed.

Prizewinner: Oxford Brookes Poetry / Ignition Press

26/6/2019

So pleased and excited to announce that my film of Natalie Whittaker's poem 'Moss' recently won third prize in the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre and Ignition Press poetry film competition.

Congratulations to the other prize winners Gabrielle Turner and Marie Craven for their wonderful films of Patrick James Errington's poem Half Measures.

A screening event is planned for October.

6th Ó Bhéal International Poetry Film Competition 2018

20/9/2018

Not one but two films in the official selection for the Poetry Film competition at Indie Cork - Coyote Wedding by Brittani Sonnenberg produced for the Visible Poetry Project, and Being & Being Empty are both going to be shown in Cork on Sunday 14 October, one at 3pm and one at 5pm.

And, even better, I am looking forward to going to the festival.

Coyote Wedding - poem Brittani Sonnenberg, film Jane Glennie

Being & being empty - words and film by Jane Glennie

Poetry Festival Singapore 2018: 28th & 29th July

15/7/2018

The Weimar Poetry Film Award has partnered with the Poetry Festival of Singapore to showcase a selection of the finalists and winners from the competition, including my film 'Blue Flash Flash' which was awarded the Jury Special Mention.

Blue Flash Flash - Jane Glennie - 2017 from Jane Glennie on Vimeo.

National Poetry Library - World's First Instagram Poetry exhibition

27/4/2018

Launched yesterday at a very lively and packed event, the National Poetry Library at the Southbank Centre is staging the world's first Instagram poetry exhibition: featuring 27 still image poems and 15 filmpoem winners from over 1,000 submissions to its competition. I really enjoyed the three live readings as well as the other work on show. It runs until 1st July 2018, the exhibition is free and open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am - 8pm.

My piece included in the exhibition is 'Being and being empty'

Being & being empty - Jane Glennie - 2018 from Jane Glennie on Vimeo.

Light Up Poole - 15-17 February

9/2/2018

Excited to announce that my new filmpoem 'Blue Flash Flash', featuring the poetry of Julia Bird will be projected onto the Argos Building, Kingland Crescent, Poole during Light Up Poole over half-term. 'Blue Flash Flash' came fourth in the Poole Film Poetry competition. If you'd like a preview of the film, you can see it on Vimeo

Many thanks to Julia for allowing me to work with her poem, and to Robert Glennie who kindly recorded the voiceover for it.

Signature Art Prize 2015

20/4/2015

Exciting that my work 'This I tell you. Is the disco room' was long-listed recently for the Signature Art Prize 2015.
The piece is currently for sale through their related website

KU Talent Awards night 2015

21/3/2015

Very proud to have been a KU Talent 2015 finalist. The awards ceremony was amazing, with many inspiring stories and successes. The speech and awards were made by Sir Trevor McDonald. All in all, a very lovely evening. A very big thank you to Kingston University for making me and all the finalists feel valued, championed and supported.