The first of a series of short poetry films by Nyk de Vries as Poet of Fryslân will premiere on Sunday 8 November. The broadcast on Omrop Fryslân TV is at 5:40 PM. Seven poems by the Poet of Fryslân will be filmed in the project with filmmaker Herman Zeilstra.

The first poetry film is based on the poem ‘Starting’ that the Poet of Fryslân wrote at the start of his poetry of Fryslân.

The poetry films can also be viewed online via this website, Leeuwarden City of Literature, LF2028 and Omrop Fryslân.