Interview With "A Poet" Filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

"A Poet" is a tragicomedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Simón Mesa Soto. An international co-production between Colombia, Germany, and Sweden, the film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the section's Jury Prize. The film stars Ubeimar Rios as an obsessed poet who has achieved no glory, is aging, erratic, and has become the cliche of the poet in the shadows. When he meets Yurlady (Rebeca Andrade), a teenage girl, he helps cultivate her talent. It was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Simón Mesa Soto was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from 1-2 Special. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is my interview with the director and writer for a poet, Simon Mesa Soto.
0:07.6	Oscar Restrepo, a poet, a dreamer.
0:10.9	I'm a book.
0:12.3	I'm a poet.
0:14.1	A failure in life.
0:17.5	10,000.
0:18.4	Amazir, there for you, is plata, M.20.
0:20.7	No. And no me's a car. Misunderstood in his own time. What are your things if you're going? This house I'm I'm going to I want to be here. A little. A little. Pardon. But something is about to change.
0:39.9	Has written or have you been a poem?
0:41.1	She's written poems.
0:44.8	All these poems are your own shoes?
0:45.8	Yes.
0:47.4	Also live in a profound of a trestess.
0:49.0	No.
0:50.9	I feel that she has something special.
0:53.4	I can help. Now now Oscar will have the
0:56.0	chance to rewrite his own story.
0:58.4	A black comedy from
1:03.6	Simone Mesasoto.
1:07.2	Hello everyone.
1:09.6	Welcome to the next best picture podcast where I am being joined right now by the director and writer for a poet, Simon Messasoto.
1:17.7	Simon, thank you so much for joining us here to talk about this movie.
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