Zata Kitowski to judge the Southbank Centre’s “Shot Through The Heart” Poetry Film Competition

I’m delighted to be a Judge for the Southbank Centre’s Poetry Film competition.

Friday 14 February – Friday 30 May

Calling all poets and filmmakers! Love is in the air at Southbank Centre and we want you to create poetry films that explore the joy of first love, the pain of lost love, the confusion of displaced love, the purity of platonic love, or any other kind of love.

There are two categories to enter

Poetry films on the theme of love made for adults

Poetry films on the theme of love made for children (under 12)

Throughout the summer, Southbank Centre’s celebrates the Festival of Love. Our biennial Poetry International festival (17 – 24 July 2014) explores many different themes including the various ways in which love can impact on writers’ lives. Poetry film will be a major part of this year’s Poetry International.

Dates:

Shot Through the Heart Competition opens: Friday 14 February 2014 at 12noon

Shot Through the Heart Competition closes: Friday 30 May 2014 at 6pm

Prizes:

Southbank Centre is very keen that each submission is seen as a collaborative artwork between poet and filmmaker, so this prize is awarded jointly to the winning poet and filmmaker in each category. Poems must be by living poets and follow the copyright guidance and rules here.

Poetry films made for adults:

• Shortlisted films will be shown in Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, on Friday 18 July 2014 and all shortlisted filmmakers will be invited to the screening. The winner and arunner-up will be announced on the night.

• The winning film will receive £500 to be shared between poet and filmmaker as well as a pair of tickets each to Poetry International’s Gala Reading.

• The runner-up poet and filmmaker will receive a pair of tickets each to Poetry International’s Gala Reading.

Poetry films made for children:

• Shortlisted films will be shown in The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre on Saturday 19 July 2014. The winner and runner-up will be announced on the night.

• The winning children’s film will receive £500 to be shared between poet and filmmaker as well as a pair of tickets each to Poetry International’s Gala Reading.

• The winning film will also be shown in Imagine Children’s Festival 2015 headlining a children’s poetry film event – this is one of our busiest festivals, attracting thousands of audience members every year.

• Both winning films will be shown at 2014’s ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival in Berlin.

Judges

Poetry films for adults will be judged by: 

• Alastair Cook – award-winning filmmaker, photographer and founder of Filmpoem • Thomas Zandegiacomo Del Bel – Artistic Director of Zebra Poetry Film Festival in Berlin • Malgorzata Kitowski– Founder of PoetryFilm (www.poetryfilm.org)

Poetry films for children will be judged by:

Festival Ideas Cloud – Southbank Centre’s Kids Advisory Group: a collection of 24 children from six London primary schools, with a little guidance from the Shot Through the Heart judges.