A Haiku a Day

‘A Haiku a Day’ is a short film directed by Tom Elkins, in collaboration with words by AJ Dehany, who published a new haiku every day for two years. Often these haiku were experimental in form, challenging perceived conventions about the form. The short film – primarily shot and edited over the course of a single weekend – attempted to bring a visual accompaniment to this project. Different readers were involved in reciting the text, with new illustrative visuals either shot or sourced by the photographer from his own archive. The film has been subsequently displayed in a variety of settings, including short film festivals.