A one-minute poem film about building barriers vs. living with a heart full of love, filmed predominantly with an iPhone 5c, between 2015 and 2019, in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States.

In addition to the H.264 version that is available for download from Vimeo as a .mov or mp4, the following options are available on request:

srt file for this version (text srt file may be downloaded from this page)

H.264 version with burned in subtitles (.mov or mp4)

Apple ProRes 422 version with srt file (825 mb)

Apple ProRes 422 version with burned in subtitles (832 mb)

Text of poem:

I knew a man

who built a coffin

for himself

when he was young

he hoped that he would never need it

but kept it spotless

just in case

and when he'd argued his lover out of her reason

and argued himself out of all hope

he climbed into it and slammed the lid

only to live many more years

cobwebs and sawdust scratching his throat

And I knew a child

who took axes to coffins

with a smile and a shrug and a gleam in her eye

when others called out "we can't"

she answered "we can"

and loved with a heart

a hundred feet tall

Cast:

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Adam E. Stone

Credits:

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Cinematographer: Adam E. Stone; Editor: Adam E. Stone

Awards:

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Miniature Film Festival
Vancouver, British Columbia
November 7, 2019
World Premiere (2019 Sneak Preview)
Official Selection
Canada

8th International Video Poetry Festival
Athens
December 13, 2019
European Premiere
Official Selection
Greece

London Experimental
Walthamstow, London, England
June 20, 2020
United Kingdom Premiere
Official Selection
United Kingdom

Berlin Flash Film Festival
Berlin
March 31, 2020
Official Selection and Monthly Category Award Winner
Germany

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
Llandeilo, Wales
June 21, 2020
Wales Premiere
Official Selection and Award Finalist (Poetic Cinema)
United Kingdom

Cadence Video Poetry Festival
Seattle, Washington
April 19, 2020
US Premiere (online, by subscription only)
Official Selection
United States

MayDay Film Festival
Evansville, Indiana
May 15, 2020
Indiana Premiere (online, by subscription only)
Official Selection
United States

SPLICE Film Fest
Brooklyn, New York (online, limited access)
June 20, 2020
Official Selection
United States

Bordeaux Shorts
Bordeaux (online, limited access)
October 23, 2020
French selection premiere
Official Selection and Award Semi-Finalist
France

KinoDrome: International Motion Picture and Screenplay Festival
Cleveland, Ohio (online, limited access)
September 26, 2020
Ohio Selection Premiere
Official Selection
United States

2020 - Short movies under 60 seconds

an entombing(dis)entombing

Adam E. Stone

United States - 2020

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