Books & Articles Research The spirit of absence February 6, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments I have long been fascinated by the power of absence. I hadn't known that this was one element that drew me towards Slow Cinema until... Read More
Research Waiting Time January 9, 2019 by Nadin Mai No Comments The end of the year 2018 was, in France at least, a period in which the media focused on the subject of time. The quantity... Read More
Books & Articles Films Literature Misc Research VoD platform Pre-order The Art(s) of Slow Cinema magazine now! December 15, 2018 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments After months of work, the very first issue of The Art(s) of Slow Cinema magazine is now available for pre-order via tao films. It’s thanks... Read More
Research Landscape / Character November 25, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments The end of the year proves to be busy, and it's not easy at the moment to sit down and watch a film. I hope... Read More
Books & Articles Films Literature Research The next step – The Art(s) of Slow Cinema Journal May 23, 2018 by Nadin Mai 12 Comments It’s been several years that I dream of publishing my own journal. I was still a student when I began to think about pursuing this... Read More
Films Research Arresting trauma – Martti Helde’s In The Crosswinds (2014) April 27, 2018 by Nadin Mai No Comments "On the night of 14 June 1941, more than 40,000 innocent people were deported from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The aim of this secret operation... Read More
Films Research The filmind in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Zerkalo December 19, 2017 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments What follows are bits and pieces from an article I drafted six years ago about the Andrei Tarkovsky's Zerkalo and Daniel Frampton's filmind. At the time, I... Read More
Research Slow reconciliation with nature December 1, 2017 by Nadin Mai No Comments This morning, I left the house at 8 o'clock. I went to a bridge that is close to my flat and that overlooks the canal... Read More
Research Straub-Huillet: what is film? July 11, 2017 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Thanks to a very good and impressive collection of DVDs in my local library/cultural centre, I had the chance to discover the works of Jean-Marie... Read More
Misc Research Waiting July 6, 2017 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments What does it mean to wait? What does "waiting" mean nowadays when everyone seems to be always, eternally busy? Are we still waiting, or have... Read More