A film based on the poem ‘Blood Hounds’, by Michael Martin.
Janet Lees is a lens-based artist and poet. Her films have been selected for many festivals and screenings, including the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, the Aesthetica Art Prize, and the International Vidoepoetry Festival. She won top prize in Filmetry and Best International Poetry Short in the Bloomsday Film festival in 2024, won the 2021 Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film competition, and has been placed and shortlisted in many other awards. Her art photography has been exhibited around the world and her poetry widely published in journals and anthologies. Her two books are ‘House of water’, a collection of poems and art photographs, and ‘A bag of sky’, the winning collection in the Frosted Fire Firsts prize hosted by the UK’s Cheltenham Poetry Festival.
This film is a collaboration with the poet Michael Martin, based on his poem ‘Blood Hounds’.
