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Filmpoem 1 / Dog - by Alastair Cook

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‘Dog was shot on location in a series of derelict (now demolished) buildings at Spittal, Berwick upon Tweed and also on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.

Filmpoem 2 / Scene - by Alastair Cook

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The poem Scene is by poet and short story writer Morgan Downie and is read by Alastair Cook.

Filmpoem 3 / Portobello - by Alastair Cook

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Portobello is written and read by poet and short story writer Morgan Downie

Filmpoem 4 / La Plage - by Alastair Cook

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The poem ‘La Plage’ is by Jane McKie.

Filmpoem 5 / Emily Melting - by Alastair Cook

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Emily Melting is a film collaboration with poet Gérard Rudolf.

Filmpoem 6 / Adrift - by Alastair Cook

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Adrift is a film of a poem by Juliet Wilson, from her debut Unthinkable Skies.

Filmpoem 7 / -ed - by Alastair Cook

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-ed is Alastair Cook’s film of a poem by Mairi Campbell-Jack, from her collection This is a Poem.

Filmpoem 8 / MacAdam Takes to the Sea - by Alastair Cook

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MacAdam Takes to the Sea is a filmpoem by Alastair Cook of Andrew Philip’s wonderful eponymous poem.

Filmpoem 9 / Abachan - by Alastair Cook

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Abachan is a landscape incantation.

Filmpoem 10 / Naming - by Alastair Cook

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Naming is a film by Alastair Cook of a poem by American poet Scott Edward Anderson.

Filmpoem 11 / Condition of Fire - by Alastair Cook

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Condition of Fire is a film by Alastair Cook based on seven poems from poet J.L. Williams’ debut collection.

Filmpoem 12 / Prodigal - by Alastair Cook

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Prodigal is a film of Kona Macphee’s poem.

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