Welcome to HaikuLife
Artist: Jim Kacian
Format: HaikuLife
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2015 HaikuLife Film Festival
The Haiku Foundation welcomes you to its first annual HaikuLife Haiku Film Festival. You will find a wide range of treatments of film treatments, all with haiku serving a central role in their inspiration and production. We offer these films in several formats: HaikuLife format, free format, feature format, and video haiga. This introductory film tells you about the origins of HaikuLife, and how to create your own video in this format. We look forward to sharing your work in the next HaikuLife Haiku Film Festival!
HaikuLife Format
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HaikuLife 2015: A Haiku Life
Michael Henry Lee takes us on a haiku tour of St. Augustine, the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United States. This is Michael’s contribution to HaikuLife 2015, a celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day, sponsored by The Haiku Foundation. -
HaikuLife 2015: Celtic Heartbeat
Marion Clarke links the stunning visuals of her homeland with her own piquant haiku in this HaikuLife presentation, Marion’s contribution to HaikuLife 2015, a celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day, sponsored by The Haiku Foundation. -
Alan’s Haiku Journey
Alan Summers of the United Kingdom is featured in this exploration of haiku outside Japan by NHK (National Japanese Television). -
HaikuLife 2015: nothing as it seems
Melissa Watkins Starr shares a gathering of her haiku paired with photographs of nature in this HaikuLife presentation, Mdelissa’s contribution to HaikuLife 2015, a celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day, sponsored by The Haiku Foundation. -
HaikuLife 2015: Palimpsest
Jim Kacian turns the fluoroscope on the Sedona Codex and interleaves the findings with his own haiku in Palimpsest, his offering for HaikuLife2015, presented on 17 April 2015—International Haiku Poetry Day, an initiative of The Haiku Foundation. -
Towpath Haiku Society HaikuLife 2015
The Towpath Haiku Society, serving the D.C. area since 1995, offers readings by members past and present in this film assembled by Nathan Brager, son of Towpath member Mark E. Brager. This is Towpath’s contribution to HaikuLife 2015, a celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day, sponsored by The Haiku Foundation.
Free Format
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HaikuLife 2015: Alley Cat
Ron C. Moss and Ferris Gilli collaborate on this lively renku for a HaikuLife Free Format presentation for International Haiku Poetry Day 2015, an initiative of The Haiku Foundation. -
HaikuLife 2015: Drone of the Dragon
Storyteller and haiku and haibun poet Genie Nakano brings one of her pieces to life in this presentation from 2014—her offering for HaikuLife 2015, in celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day, an initiative of The Haiku Foundation. -
HaikuLife 2015: Emerald Waves
Ron Moss and Ferris Gilli collaborate on what is probably the first film rengay ever created, for HaikuLife2015, presented on 17 April 2015—International Haiku Poetry Day, an initiative of The Haiku Foundation. -
HaikuLife 2015: HNA 2015 Conference
Haiku North America is one of the highlights of any haiku year. On International Haiku Poetry Day 2015 we are pleased to anticipate another great gathering at Union College in Schenectady, New York, this coming October. -
HaikuLife 2015: Haiku Airplane
Gabriel Rosenstock is featured in this video piece by Irish television called “Haiku Airplane” and made available to HaikuLife2015, presented on 17 April 2015—International Haiku Poetry Day, an initiative of The Haiku Foundation. -
HaikuLife 2015: One Day in Spring
Ed Bremson offers 15 haiku songs for HaikuLife2015, presented on 17 April 2015—International Haiku Poetry Day, an initiative of The Haiku Foundation. -
HaikuLife 2015: The Breath of the Sea
Victor Ortiz presents an homage to the sea in his offering to HaikuLife2015, presented on 17 April 2015—International Haiku Poetry Day, an initiative of The Haiku Foundation. -
HaikuLife 2015: The Old Pond
Jessica Tremblay, creator of Old Pond Comics, puts her characters in motion in this short film about the travails of Kaeru, a young frog who wants to learn haiku, becomes the apprentice of Master Kawazu, the frog who jumped in Basho’s pond. This animation video features the two characters of Old Pond Comics. This is Jessica’s submission to the HaikuLife Haiku Film Festival sponsored by The Haiku Foundation, in honor of International Haiku Poetry Day 2015. -
Yuki Teikei Haiku Society HaikuLife 2015
The Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, one of the longest-lived such organizations outside Japan (founded 1972), offers readings by Patrick Gallagher and Alison Woolpert of poems by members of the group, honoring the most traditional approach to haiku in English. This is Yuki Teikei’s contribution to HaikuLife 2015, a celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day, sponsored by The Haiku Foundation.
