Short Films is a lush bouquet of poems. This stunning debut reads at times like a film script, a letter to a lover, or a series of richly pigmented vignettes. Desire blooms alongside a tender love of film, art, and literature. In this playful, punny book, Fountain experiments with form and feeling, with poems that are smart, evocative and full of heart.

Tate Fountain is a writer, director, theatre-maker, and editor based in Tāmaki Makaurau. She is a current member of the Starling editorial committee, and recently coordinated a series of live events for the samesame but different LGBTQIA+ Writers and Readers Festival. She holds a Master of Arts (First Class Honours) from the University of Auckland. She’s pretty much always thinking about films.