An unexpected reunion in a bookstore gets awkward in this short film starring Anthony Ahern, Alison Bell, and Petra Kalive and written and directed by Miklos Janek.

In this silent film by Richard Grunn, a common man discovers "the mysterious power of poetry."

This short film, based on the poem "The Straightforward Mermaid" by Matthea Harvey, was filmed and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy. It was selected for the Short Film Corner at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. You can read the poem, which appeared in the New Yorker last August, here.

In the eleven-minute film In the Spotlight (2007), starring Michelle Tea, Guinevere Turner, and Clint Catalyst, with music by Emily Wells, writer and director Hilary Goldberg presents the story of an aspiring author who is offered the chance to be the front person for a literary hoax and discovers a fate far worse than rejection.

Aspring novelist (and "Insane Lunatic") James Andrew Wilson takes us through the five emotional stages of writing a novel.

This short film by Tucker Capps, featuring music by Goldmund, is inspired by "First," an essay from Ryan Van Meter's debut collection, If You Knew Then What I Know Now, to be published next month by Sarabande Books.

The "mortal work of art," as Shelley Jackson called her 2003 story "Skin," each word of which has been tatooed on the skin of over two thousand volunteers, has found new form in this clip. The author recently asked her original volunteers to record a video of their word tattoo. She then edited the word videos together to create a new story for the Berkeley Art Museum.

This short film, directed by Alex Markman, starring Tom Shillue, and produced by Electric Literature, takes a look at how well the big books of 2010 would protect you in the event of a shooting.

This short film, written and directed by David Spies and produced by Phil Seneker, is about a writer who is pressured by his literary agent to find his muse.

This documentary about a wannabe poet who sets off on a quest for answers about writing, featuring interviews with literary figures such as Nick Flynn, D.A. Powell, George Saunders, and David Sedaris, opened in select cities on Friday.