INTERNATIONAL VIDEO POETRY FESTIVAL #13
89 FILMS from 36 countries
and LIVE Spoken Word Performances from Asia, Europe, USA, Greece
BIOS,
Peiraios 84, Athens, Greece
FREE entrance- suggested donation
FRIDAY 11 & SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2026
International Video Poetry Festival celebrates thirteen years of creative collaboration with more than 2000 artists from 85 countries, a world of poetic visions for the benefit of humanity. Poetry, cinema, music and spoken word come together to communicate the inspiration, dreams, ideas and hopes of all of us.
We welcome you to this magical world.
Organized by:
+The Institute [for Experimental Arts]
http://theinstitute.info
Supported by:
Film Poetry Digital Platform http://filmpoetry.org | Moving Poems http://movingpoems.com
FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2026 – starts 18.00
VIDEO POETRY ZONE
CAMEROON L.Kan Nkweti | CANADA A.Beda, S.Auza, H.Matte, I.Vaillancourt | CHINA N.Mao | CYPRUS A.Neokleous | DENMARK S.Koppel | ESTONIA M.Lääne | FRANCE E.Buttinelli, A.Lhoste, A.Sadeghi, C.Dubost, J.Hall | GERMANY A.Stern | GREECE Z.Papadopoulou, E.Chatzi, S.Damala, Y.Apostolopoulos, X.Sarli, B.Psarras, E.Panagiotopoulou and C.Petridou, M.Moussa, G.Sifianos, M.Kontaratou, Tasos Sagris | INDIA I.Krishnan | INDONESIA R.Aryo | IRAN P.Ghalamdar | IRELAND K.Siegert | JAPAN Q Poeta | LATVIA M.Gruntmane, J.Gordejevs | LEBANON H.Moussally | MEXICO M.Carver | NETHERLANDS H.Jung | OMAN N. W. Kharusi | M. Na’bi | A. Zyde | F. Najjar | Z. Battashi | PERU B.A.Urizar Perez | POLAND J.Koźniewski | PORTUGAL A.Forte, P.Sena Nunes | RUSSIA V.Eliseeva | RUSSIA-THAILAND V.Cappuccino Cocos | SERBIA A.Yausheva, R.Šejić, A.Pantić | SPAIN M.Požek | TANZANIA J.Kiaga | TURKEY G.Özayten, A.H.Ilhan | UNITED KINGDOM S.Tremlett, O.Cubitt, J.Glennie, J.Lees, B.Hollow | USA S.Holden, M.Mullins, arielko, A.Scheiber, Y.Sharim, G.Roensch, X.Yu, A.Mangiardi and M.Levin, A.E.Stone, C.Kihúut and C.Davalos, L.Brusky Buclet | ZIMBABWE C.Tsikisayi and C.Zvoushe
VIDEO ART ZONE – starts 20:00 / 2 days festival non stop show
AUSTRALIA I.Gibbins | BELGIUM U.Woatzi | CANADA K.Tate | CHINA C.Jiang and Y.Wei | ESTONIA P.Beaudoin | FINLAND M.Ångerman | GERMANY P.Langenheim, J.Rehwinkel | GREECE G.Galanopoulos, C.Platsatoura | IRELAND D.I.Bickley | POLAND T.Grabowski | PORTUGAL H.Chaki | RUSSIA A.Bezrukov | SLOVENIA Y.Kohal | SPAIN Ú.San Cristóbal | TAIWAN T.Tseng | UNITED KINGDOM J.Byrne | USA M.A.Morris, M.Pospiech
SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2026 – starts 14.00
WORKSHOPS * STARTS 14.00
Human Factor: Empathy vs. AI in Art Abdullah Harun İlhan (director – Turkey)
For storytellers, visual artists, and non-mainstream filmmakers, exploring human connection and emotional depth in visual narratives, drawing on case studies from his own experimental films and journeys through 75 countries. Includes short screenings, a group brainstorming exercise on translating emotion into visual language, and a discussion on human empathy vs. AI in art-making.
Techniques and practices of Spoken Word Performance Woodzy (poet- UK)
The world famous spoken word artist Woodzy shares his performance technices and secrets. Woodzy is an award-winning UK spoken word and “Flo” poet, TEDx speaker, and BRIT School alumnus known for his relatable topics and witty wordplay.
The Body is a Poem: an exploration of words through movement – Angie Flanagan (choreographer- UK)
Beginning with improvisation practices rooted in Butoh, participants discover the body as a tool for expression. Together, we gather words and give them physical form through body sculpture and group tableaux.These living images are brought to the page as improvised poems which we finish by speaking out loud as we move through each tableaux.
LIVE starts at 18.00
Spoken Word. Poetry. Concerts. Live Performances
from Asia, Europe, USA and Greece
UK Angie Flanagan . Philip Joa . Redeeming Features . BrokenPen . Woodzy
INDIA Ishvar Krishnan
USA Amanda Shea
PORTUGAL Angelina Farmer
SERBIA Rastko Šejić
BANGLADESH Husnara Khanom
OMAN Nada Al-Kharusi
GREECE Electra Lazar . Sissy Doutsiou . Poppy Delta . Lia Hide. Pyretos 42
Vicky Katsarou . Tasos Sagris & Whodoes . Aphrodite Katsadouri . Nikos Kourmoulis
Penny Milia . Bill Hunchback . Htta Theta . Witness . Lefteris Tsonis
Panayiotis Ioannidis . Nikolas Koutsodontis . Vasso Christodoulou
Ioanna Lioutsia . Vina kai Johny . Vasileia Oikonomou . Eva Lampara
The 13th International Video Poetry Festival (IVPF), one of the leading international gatherings for visual poetry and spoken word, returns to Athens on SEPTEMBER 11-12, 2026.
The Institute for Experimental Arts founded the International Video Poetry Festival in 2011, introducing the art of Video Poetry to the Athenian audience for the first time. Inspired by the digital platform Moving Poems (USA), the festival has evolved into a dynamic international field of collaboration between artists from America, Asia, Europe, and Africa.
Through the Video Poetry Zone, Video Art Zone, Workshops, Lectures and Live Performance Zone, IVPF creates an open public space for all forms of contemporary visual poetry, spoken word performances, concerts, video art shows, workshops, and lectures.
WHAT IS VIDEO POETRY?
Video Poetry is a contemporary art form where poetic text meets moving image, creating a new audiovisual experience. It can take various experimental forms such as animation, collage, film poetry, video dance, combining words, images, sounds, and movement into a unified artistic work.
Organized by:
+The Institute [for Experimental Arts]
http://theinstitute.info
