The Art(s) of Slow Cinema

Present Tense – Time and Duration in Contemporary Contemplative Cinema

April 30, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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As I’m recovering (slowly, very slowly) from the intense beginning of the year, which involved publishing a book, writing a book chapter for a Spanish-language...

Human Condition(s) – NOW AVAILABLE

April 9, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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It is an enormous pleasure to announce that my monograph Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic if cinematic slowness is now available for purchase. I started...

Films

Pebbles – P.S. Vinothraj (2021)

September 17, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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Blue skies. A tree branch blows ever so slightly in the wind. It’s peaceful and quiet. A bird lands on the branch and the scenery...

Films

I have not been afraid of going blind for a long time – Yannick Mosimann (2021)

September 9, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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“That night the blind man dreamt that he was blind.” (José Saramago – Blindness) In José Saramago’s 1995 novel Blindness, a strange, unexplained blindness befalls...

Films

A river runs, turns, erases, replaces – Shengze Zhu (2021)

August 26, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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It’s been 18 months now that we are living with a virus that put our world upside down. Even though we are aware that we’re...

Misc Research

Rumination

August 16, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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About three weeks ago, I started an introductory course in psychology. I felt the need to dive a little deeper into what I myself was...

Films

143 Rue du Desert – Hassen Ferhani (2020)

August 12, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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With all your efforts, you’re amongst the best people on the earth. I’m in Algeria. In the middle of nowhere. Along a road busy with...

Films

Iro – Hadi Mohaghegh (2018)

July 27, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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What should I do? Should I go or not go? An old man mumbles these words into his beard. With a slight hunchback and visibly...

Books & Articles

Contemplation

July 16, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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In April this year, I had the pleasure to publish my very first baby. Human Condition(s) – An aesthetic of cinematic slowness has already shipped...

Films

Ancient Soul – Alvaro Gurrea (2021)

June 23, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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I am often amazed at the films that are being made across the world. They can be so simple and yet so powerful. Slow films,...

Films

Liberté – Albert Serra (2019)

June 10, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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Summer is coming. The temperatures are rising and the stress of the last couple of months is slowly subsiding. I’m even rediscovering my interest in...

Films

Fauna – Nicolas Pereda (2020)

May 19, 2021

by Nadin Mai

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There is something about the films of Nicolas Pereda, which I particularly like, even though I do not know (nor do I fully understand) why....